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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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to touch an animal with the end of a pointed object in order to make it angry or encourage it to do something: The picador goaded the bull with a spear. Dogs were made furious by being goaded with sticks.
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.
to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them: goad someone into something She seemed determined to goad him into a fight. He refused to be goaded by their insults. be goaded on The runner was goaded on by his desire to keep up with the others.
to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them: She seemed determined to goad him into a fight. He refused to be goaded by their insults. The runner was goaded on by his desire to keep up with the others.
Define goaded. goaded synonyms, goaded pronunciation, goaded translation, English dictionary definition of goaded. n. 1. A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals. 2. An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus. tr.v. goad·ed , goad·ing , goads To...
noun. a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod. anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick. something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. verb (used with object) to prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite. Synonyms: impel, push, spur. goad. / ɡəʊd / noun.
goaded. Definitions of goaded. adjective. compelled forcibly by an outside agency. “mobs goaded by blind hatred”. synonyms: driven. involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary. not subject to the control of the will.
