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    goad
    /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

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGOADED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

    • English (US)

      to make a person or an animal react or do something by...

    • Red

      GO/TURN BEETROOT (RED) definition: to have a red face...

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › goadGoad Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning of goad as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Goad can mean to urge on, to drive, or to stimulate, or a pointed rod or a spur.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGOAD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGOADED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › goadedGoaded - definition of goaded by The Free Dictionary

    Goaded means compelled or urged by an outside agency, or prodded with a pointed stick. Find the origin, usage, and examples of goaded and related words in this online dictionary.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › goadGOAD Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › goadedGoaded - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.