goad

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /gəʊd/

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• Rhymes: -əʊd

Etymology

Middle English gode, from Old English gād 'spear', from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda 'pike (fish)', Lombardic gaida 'spear'), from Proto-Indo-European *ghai- (compare Irish gath 'spear', Sanskrit, हिनोति (hinvati, hinoti) 'to urge on, throw', हेति (heti) 'missile, projectile').

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
   • Macaulay

     The daily goad urging him to the daily toil.

Translations

pointed stick used to prod animals

• Finnish: tutkain (fi)
• German: Stachelstock (de) m
• Hungarian: ösztöke (hu)
• Latin: stimulus (la)

• Romanian: strămurare (ro)
• Russian: прут (ru) (prut) m, стрекало (ru) (strekálo) n (obsolete)
• Serbo-Croatian: badalo (sh), бадало (sh) n

Verb

goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)

1. To prod with a goad.
2. To encourage or stimulate.
3. To incite or provoke.

   goading a boy to fight

Translations

to prod with a goad; to encourage, stimulate, incite or provoke

• Dutch: aanporren (nl)
• German: anstacheln (de)
• Hungarian: ösztökél (hu)

• Polish: podpuszczać (pl), wodzić (pl), prowadzić (pl)
• Russian: подгонять (ru) (podgonjátʹ), подстрекать (ru) (podstrekátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: подстаћи (sh), охрабрити (sh), изазвати (sh)

to prod with a goad

• Polish: prowadzić (pl)

• Russian: подгонять (ru) (podgonjátʹ)

to encourage or stimulate

• Dutch: aanmoedigen (nl),stimuleren (nl)
• Romanian: îndemna (ro)

• Russian: подгонять (ru) (podgonjátʹ)

to incite or provoke

• Dutch: proveceren (nl),aanzetten (nl), aansporen (nl)

• Russian: подстрекать (ru) (podstrekátʹ) , поощрять (ru) (pooščrjátʹ)

See also

• goat

Anagrams

• dago