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noun
- 1. a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard. It is kept for its milk and meat, and noted for its lively behaviour.
- 2. a lecherous man. Similar
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an animal related to sheep that usually has horns and a beard. Goats live wild on mountains or are kept on farms to provide milk, meat, wool, etc.: A old woman was herding the goats up the mountainside. Her zodiac birth sign is Capricorn, the goat.
The meaning of GOAT is any of various hollow-horned ruminant mammals (especially of the genus Capra) related to the sheep but of lighter build and with backwardly arching horns, a short tail, and usually straight hair; especially : one (Capra hircus) long domesticated for its milk, wool, and flesh.
A four-legged, rambunctious farm animal with small curved horns is a goat. Farmers raise goats for milk, wool, and meat — as well as for their skill at clearing weeds from fields.
noun. any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties. any of various related animals, as the Rocky Mountain goat.
Definition of goat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Animals) any sure-footed agile bovid mammal of the genus Capra, naturally inhabiting rough stony ground in Europe, Asia, and N Africa, typically having a brown-grey colouring and a beard. Domesticated varieties (C. hircus) are reared for milk, meat, and wool. 2. (Animals) short for Rocky Mountain goat. 3. informal a lecherous man.
get someone's goat, Informal. to anger, annoy, or frustrate a person: His arrogance gets my goat.
goat. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Animals goat /ɡəʊt $ ɡoʊt/ noun [countable] 1 an animal that has horns on top of its head and long hair under its chin, and can climb steep hills and rocks.
goat meaning: an animal with horns that is kept for the milk it produces. Learn more.
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