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- Dictionarygoad/ɡəʊd/
verb
- 1. provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction: "he was trying to goad her into a fight"
- 2. drive (an animal) with a spiked stick: "the cowboys goaded their cattle across the meadows"
noun
- 1. a spiked stick used for driving cattle. Similar
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Definition of goad verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GOAD definition: 1. to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them…. Learn more.
Definition of goad noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. : a pointed rod used to urge on an animal. 2. a. : something that urges or stimulates into action : spur. The accident has been a goad to the company to improve its safety record. b. : something that pains as if by pricking : thorn. Synonyms. Verb. egg (on) encourage. exhort. nudge. press. prod.
A goad is a pointy stick or other instrument used to prod something along. To goad is to poke something with that pointy stick. Either way, the pointiness is really essential for making things leap into action.
Goad definition: a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.. See examples of GOAD used in a sentence.
goad meaning, definition, what is goad: to make someone do something by annoying...: Learn more.
GOAD definition: to make someone angry or annoyed so that they react in the way that you want: . Learn more.
If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use goad in a sentence Experts and politicians goad the White House on with demands for tough actions against Russia that they surely know will fail.
