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Thesaurus: goose egg

a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

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  1. n. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
  2. In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duck egg. [Slang]
  3. In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named inallusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duckegg. [Slang]