wild-goose chase wild-goose • wild-goose plum · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · wild-goose chase · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 16 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable. Synonyms: wild-goose chase. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F s latin small letter s U+0073 w latin small letter w U+0077