meese

See also: Meese and méese

English

Etymology

Plural of moose, by analogy with goose → geese.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [miːs][1]
Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

meese

(chiefly humorous) plural of moose

Usage notes

For a discussion of the plural forms of moose, see the usage note at the entry for “moose”.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:meese.

References

1975: Royal Skousen, Substantive Evidence in Phonology: The Evidence from Finnish and French, page 25 (Mouton)
Do children in learning the language ever make “mistakes” by predicting, for example, that the plural of moose is [miːs] or that the plural of house is [haɪs] ?

Anagrams

seeme, semee, semée

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