goad en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡəʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɡoʊd/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)). Doublet of gad and yard; see also xyston.
Meanings
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A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
the daily goad urging him to the daily toil
1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
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(figuratively) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
I might have been an unfortunate little bull in a Spanish arena, I got so smartingly touched up by these moral goads.
1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter IV, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 51:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| goads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
goader · oxgoad · geddock · cattle goad · goadster · goad stick · goadlike · goadman
Translations (59)
es aguijadera (pointed stick used to prod animals) · gd brod (pointed stick used to prod animals) · it pungolo (pointed stick used to prod animals) · io pikobastono (pointed stick used to prod animals) · cs bodec (pointed stick used to prod animals) · es picana (pointed stick used to prod animals) · grc κέντρον (pointed stick used to prod animals) · mk остен (pointed stick used to prod animals) · th ประตัก (pointed stick used to prod animals) · es terigüela (pointed stick used to prod animals) · gl aguillón (pointed stick used to prod animals) · rup strimburari (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ru прут (pointed stick used to prod animals) · sh badalo (pointed stick used to prod animals) · sa अष्ट्रा (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ca tocadora (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ckb نەقیزە (pointed stick used to prod animals) · la stimulus (pointed stick used to prod animals) · bg копраля (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ca gullada (pointed stick used to prod animals) · gl aguillada (pointed stick used to prod animals) · tr üvendire (pointed stick used to prod animals) · cu стрѣкало (pointed stick used to prod animals) · enm gode (pointed stick used to prod animals) · fi tutkain (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ml തോട്ടി (pointed stick used to prod animals) · de Stachelstock (pointed stick used to prod animals) · bg остен (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ms angkus (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ga brod (pointed stick used to prod animals) · eu akuilu (pointed stick used to prod animals) · el βουκέντρα (pointed stick used to prod animals) · jv gancu (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ur آنکس (pointed stick used to prod animals) · hu ösztöke (pointed stick used to prod animals) · es aguijada (pointed stick used to prod animals) · nl staak (pointed stick used to prod animals) · pl oścień (pointed stick used to prod animals) · th ปฏัก (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ca agullada (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ota كوندر (pointed stick used to prod animals) · da pigkæp (pointed stick used to prod animals) · csb òsce (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ar مِنْخَس (pointed stick used to prod animals) · xcl գաւազան (pointed stick used to prod animals) · he מַלְמַד (pointed stick used to prod animals) · fr aiguillon (pointed stick used to prod animals) · uk стрека́ло (pointed stick used to prod animals) · es puya (pointed stick used to prod animals) · id gancu (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ru стрека́ло (pointed stick used to prod animals) · uk стріка́ло (pointed stick used to prod animals) · be страка́ла (pointed stick used to prod animals) · kmr misas (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ml അങ്കുശം (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ro strămurare (pointed stick used to prod animals) · ota اوكندره (pointed stick used to prod animals) · arc זקתא (pointed stick used to prod animals) · fa سک (pointed stick used to prod animals)