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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

  1. 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:
  2. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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)

goad en · VERB

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

  1. To prod with a goad.
  2. To encourage or stimulate.
  3. To incite or provoke.
    • goading a boy to fight

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
goaded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goaded Tense=Past lexicographic
goads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
goading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

goadingly · ungoaded · overgoaded

Relateds

goat

Synonyms

provoke · cheer · actuate · egg on · grill · sting · oblige · obligate · lash · fuel · foment · spur · instigate · promote · goad · whet · send · whip up · bring about · goose · motivate · urge · prompt · stoke · incite · tempt · motive · abet · move · hearten · engender · spur on · encourage · set off · bield · spark off · stir up · push · actuate · impel · embolden · ignite · stir · light a fire under · rouse · inflame · spur · draw · excite · invoke · induce · evoke · stimulate · drive

Translations (78)

es provocar (to encourage or stimulate) · gl afalar (to encourage or stimulate) · hi हाँकना (to prod with a goad) · ru подстрека́ть (to incite or provoke) · ru поощря́ть (to incite or provoke) · cmn 慫恿 /怂恿 (to encourage or stimulate) · de reizen (to incite or provoke) · grc κεντέω (to prod with a goad) · fr aiguillonner (to prod with a goad) · es cucar (to encourage or stimulate) · mk подбуцне (to prod with a goad) · fi yllyttää (to incite or provoke) · nl aanzetten (to incite or provoke) · gl aguillar (to prod with a goad) · pt provocar (to incite or provoke) · el κεντώ (to prod with a goad) · es incitar (to encourage or stimulate) · ota كوروكلمك (to incite or provoke) · es puyar (to encourage or stimulate) · es picar la cresta (to incite or provoke) · de anstacheln (to incite or provoke) · pl podjudzać (to incite or provoke) · ota دورتمك (to incite or provoke) · ru подначивать (to incite or provoke) · ota دورتمك (to prod with a goad) · sv trissa (to incite or provoke) · it pungolare (to prod with a goad) · cs pobízet (to encourage or stimulate) · cs popichovat (to incite or provoke) · de antreiben (to prod with a goad) · bg подстрекавам (to incite or provoke) · nl stimuleren (to encourage or stimulate) · pl prowadzić (to prod with a goad) · sh podbosti (to prod with a goad) · de anstacheln (to encourage or stimulate) · nl prikkelen (to prod with a goad) · es acuciar (to encourage or stimulate) · fr provoquer (to incite or provoke) · cmn 挑釁 /挑衅 (to incite or provoke) · hu felbujt (to incite or provoke) · cs popíchnout (to incite or provoke) · sh podbosti (to encourage or stimulate) · es puyar (to prod with a goad) · ru подгоня́ть (to encourage or stimulate) · es cuquear (to encourage or stimulate) · cs provokovat (to incite or provoke) · gl aferretar (to prod with a goad) · fi kannustaa (to encourage or stimulate) · es puyar (to incite or provoke) · sv egga (to incite or provoke) · es provocar (to incite or provoke) · es picar (to prod with a goad) · el παροτρύνω (to encourage or stimulate) · hu felpiszkál (to incite or provoke) · es aguijar (to prod with a goad) · sh podbosti (to incite or provoke) · pt atiçar (to incite or provoke) · el ενθαρρύνω (to encourage or stimulate) · bg поощрявам (to incite or provoke) · de aufreizen (to incite or provoke) · cmn 唆使 (to encourage or stimulate) · de anstacheln (to prod with a goad) · cs pobídnout (to encourage or stimulate) · nl provoceren (to incite or provoke) · pl podjudzić (to incite or provoke) · de anspornen (to encourage or stimulate) · ru подгоня́ть (to prod with a goad) · nl aanmoedigen (to encourage or stimulate) · sv sporra (to encourage or stimulate) · mi whakaongaonga (to incite or provoke) · pt incitar (to incite or provoke) · bg подтиквам (to encourage or stimulate) · gl aguilloar (to prod with a goad) · cs vyprovokovat (to incite or provoke) · az tırkalamaq (to incite or provoke) · ro îndemna (to encourage or stimulate) · nl aansporen (to incite or provoke) · la stimulāre (to prod with a goad)