gander

n.

1. A male goose.
2. Informal. A look or glance: "Everyone turns and takes a gander at the yokels" (Garrison Keillor).
3. Informal. A simpleton; a ninny.

[Middle English, from Old English gandra.]

noun

1. A quick look: blush, glance, glimpse, peek, peep. See see/not see.
2. One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal dope, goose. Slang cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey. See ability/inability.

IN BRIEF: A male goose. Also: A glance.

Take a gander at that store window.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gase, fjols

Nederlands (Dutch)
gans, blik

Français (French)
n. - coup d'¯il, (Zool) jars

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gänserich, Blick

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρσενική χήνα, χήνος

Italiano (Italian)
sciocco, papero, occhiata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ganso (m) (Zool.), simplório (m), olhadela (f)

Русский (Russian)
гусак, простофиля, взгляд, бросать взгляд

Español (Spanish)
n. - mirada, ojeada, vistazo, ganso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gåshanne, dumbom, titt (sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
雄鹅, 呆子, 笨人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雄鵝, 呆子, 笨人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 멍청이, 거위의 수컷, 살짝 봄, 별거중인 남편

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガンダー, ガンの雄, ばか者, 一瞥

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ذكر الأوز, مغفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אווז, מבט חטוף‬

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