gander n.3
a look, a survey.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Vocab. Criminal Sl. 36: gander [...] An inquisitorial glance; a searching look; an impertinent gazing or staring. Also the simple act of looking or seeing. | |
| Stealing Through Life 257: We better make the lower yard for a quick gander. | |
| ‘On Broadway’ 24 Apr. [synd. col.] Every one of Horace Greeley’s whiskers would have stiffened with horror could he have a gander at Sabbath’s roto in the H-Trib. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | ‘Chalky’ in Lehmann Penguin New Writing No. 28 173: We had a gander and there he was, [...] spitting blood and teeth! | |
| Sacramento Bee (CA) 11 Aug. 26/3: I went up to his place just to have me a gander. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Down All the Days 71: Did you get a gander at what’s in the quartermaster’s stores? | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | et al. Working Lives 115: ‘Did you get a gander at that bottle!’ he exclaimed. | |
| (con. 1969) Suicide Charlie 66: A little while later, our local ‘light bird’ (slang for lieutenant colonel) swooped down for a gander. | |
| Indep. 17 July 17: Radioman [...] is having a sly gander in the rubbish bin. | |
| Everyday Eng. and Sl. 🌐 Gander (n): a nosey look. | |
| ‘Pure’ in Love Without 161: She [...] pulled them out for a strength-giving gander. | |
| me-stepmums-too-fuckin-hot-mate at www.fakku.net 🌐 Have a gander at those massive fuckin’ tits. |
In phrases
(orig. US) to look at, to glance at.
| Salt Lake Trib. (UT) 27 Nov. 4/3: Say, just take a gander at them mitts. Do they look like I was a vag? | |
| My Life in Prison 152: He’d mosey off an’ take a gander t’ see if th’ string was still there. | |
| ‘Romance in the Roaring Forties’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 24: I am taking many a gander around the bedroom. [Ibid.] ‘The Old Doll’s House’ 71: The old doll takes a gander at Lance. | |
| ‘Coffin Custodian’ Ten Detective Aces Apr. 🌐 I shot another gander at the shrivelled, evidently hopped-up monkey cuddled over a highball glass. | |
| ‘Dead Don’t Dream’ in Hollywood Detective July 🌐 I copped a gander, saw where the nails had gone through the thinning threads. | |
| Harder They Fall (1971) 115: All you have to do is take a quick gander and you can see he is from Dixie in B Flat. [Ibid.] 273: Want to take a gander at this stuff? | |
| Moth (1950) 171: We didn’t [...] stop to take long ganders. | |
| et al. DAUL 49/2: Cop a gander. To glance furtively. ‘Cop a gander when the mark (intended victim) stashes (hides) the dough.’. | |
| Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 114: Like a governess taking a gander at the new pupil. | |
| Real Cool Killers (1969) 43: Go ’head and take a gander at the avenue. | |
| Mad mag. Sept. 20: Take a gander at that redhead. | |
| Vengeance 74: Take a gander at this, Bob. | |
| Yarns of Billy Borker 148: Take a gander at me right wing, feathers falling out of it, a man must be moulting. | |
| It’s Cold Out There (2005) 194: There’s lots of bastards never knew how well off they were till they copped a gander at me. | |
| San Diego Sailor 30: I took a gander at the sergeant. | |
| Dead Butler Caper 10: Don’t you want to go inside and take a gander at the corpus delicti? | |
| Tourist Season (1987) 77: Thought you might want to take a gander at these. | |
![[Can]](/static/img/flags/can.png "Canada") | (con. 1920s) Legs 100: Go take a gander and see for yourself. | |
 | Europe’s Macadam – America’s Tar 134: And next time you’re in Europe, cop a gander at the magazine racks in kiosks and train stations. | |
| 3D Game Programming All in One 316: Zoom in using the navigation keys and take a gander at the buggy chassis. | |
| Sucked In 41: I took a quick gander at the original newspaper reports. | |
| ‘Zed’s Dead, Baby’ in Pulp Ink [ebook] You mind if I take a gander next door? |