What ๐ชฟ means
A goose, usually drawn as a white farm goose.
Geese are big waterfowl, typically larger than ducks and smaller than swans, kept on farms for meat, eggs and feathers and found wild around parks, lakes and fields. They are famous for two things: migrating in V-shaped formations, and defending their patch with hissing, honking and the occasional charge at a passer-by. That reputation is why "honk" and "goose" became internet shorthand for loud, stubborn mischief.
Use ๐ชฟ when you mean this bird specifically. Before 2022 there was no goose emoji, so a goose had to borrow or .
What does it mean when someone sends ๐ชฟ?
Usually "you silly goose": affectionate, rarely nasty.
"Silly goose" is an old, soft tease for someone who did something daft or adorable. A ๐ชฟ after your clumsy joke or your third typo means "you goofball", with a smile. In Australia, Britain and Ireland "you goose" is a common tease on its own, though it can carry an edge.
The other reading is the chaos goose: the bird that steals your sandwich, chases cyclists and honks at everything. People send ๐ชฟ to mean "I'm about to cause trouble" or to crown a friend who just did. Next to a park story, a farm photo or a migration video, it is simply a goose.
Playful and warm; made for friends, captions and gentle teasing, not formal messages.
"Silly goose" is affectionate in English; a literal "goose" is a real insult in some other languages.
Part of collections
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readings"Silly goose": a fond poke at you, no sting in it.
Don't confuse it with
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5Worth knowing
- Legend says the sacred geese on Rome's Capitoline Hill cackled so loudly during a Gaulish night raid, traditionally dated 390 BC, that they woke the defenders and saved the citadel.
- Geese make loyal guard animals in real life too: they are loud, territorial and hard to bribe, which is exactly the personality the emoji trades on.
Questions people ask
3Is being called a goose an insult?
Usually not. "Silly goose" is affectionate, the kind of thing you say to a friend or a child, though a bare "you goose" can be pointed. It only stings if the rest of the message does.
Why do people pair the goose with a knife?
It is a meme. "Peace was never an option" is an older joke caption; a 2019 video game about a goose terrorising a village made the goose its star, often shown with a knife. ๐ชฟ means cheerful chaos.
Does ๐ชฟ mean a wild goose or a farm goose?
Either. Many phones draw a white farm goose, but people use it for Canada geese and any other wild goose in the park.
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How to type or find ๐ชฟ
- Also called
- silly goose ยท goose emoji ยท honk emoji
- Search it as
- geese ยท gander ยท honk ยท gosling ยท duck duck goose ยท chaos goose
- Type it as
- :goose:
- Around since
- 2022 ยท Emoji 15.0
- Shows up on
- Every phone ยท iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux
:goose:Common shortcode in Slack, GitHub, Discord, Mattermost and other chat apps; a few apps use a different name.🪿Codes and encoding1 code points
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