goose egg
Slang for zero
A goose egg is a zero, from the egg's oval shape resembling the numeral.
The term appears most often in sports for a scoreless result: They put up a goose egg in the third quarter.
A goose egg is also a bump or swelling on the head, especially from a blow: He came home with a goose egg on his forehead.
- zilchInformal term for naught
- nilNothing whatsoever
- scorelessWithout any points
- no scoreZero points either side
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
shutout · shut out · bupkis · round · contusion · donut · swelling · love · duck · hematoma · lump · skunked · void · bruise · nothing · bagel · whitewash · zip
- eggsscrambled eggs, fried eggs, yolk, raw eggs, hard-boiled
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- bird expressionsearly bird, birdbrain, bird brain, lovebirds, jailbird
- nothingnessnothing, zero, nil, none, nada
- Baseball Slangdinger, heater, K, ribby, tater
- Number Slanggrand, G, buck, bucks, fin
numerical score
goose egghigh score
Maximum points achieved
perfect score · big score · triple digits · grand slam · double digits