goad
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəʊd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡoʊd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊd
Noun[edit]
goad (plural goads)
- A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
- 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
- the daily goad urging him to the daily toil
- (figurative) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pointed stick used to prod animals
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stimulus — see stimulus
Verb[edit]
goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)
Translations[edit]
to prod with a goad
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to encourage or stimulate
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to incite or provoke
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Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English god, of Germanic origin.
Noun[edit]
goad (plural goads)
Swedish[edit]
Participle[edit]
goad
- past participle of goa
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