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goad
(gōd)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 prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
[Middle Englishgode, from Old Englishgād.]
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goad
(ɡəʊd)n
1.a sharp pointed stick for urging on cattle, etc
2.anything that acts as a spur or incitement
vb
(tr) to drive with or as if with a goad; spur; incite
[Old Englishgād, of Germanic origin, related to Old Englishgār, Old Norsegeirr spear]
ˈgoadˌlikeadj
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goad
(goʊd)n.
1. a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
2. anything that pricks, wounds, or urges on like such a stick; stimulus.
v.t. 3. to prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite.
[before 900; Middle Englishgode, Old Englishgād; compare Langobardicgaida spearhead]
goad′like`,adj.
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goad
Past participle:goaded
Gerund:goading
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goad |
goad |
Present |
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I goad |
you goad |
he/she/it goads |
we goad |
you goad |
they goad |
Preterite |
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I goaded |
you goaded |
he/she/it goaded |
we goaded |
you goaded |
they goaded |
Present Continuous |
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I am goading |
you are goading |
he/she/it is goading |
we are goading |
you are goading |
they are goading |
Present Perfect |
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I have goaded |
you have goaded |
he/she/it has goaded |
we have goaded |
you have goaded |
they have goaded |
Past Continuous |
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I was goading |
you were goading |
he/she/it was goading |
we were goading |
you were goading |
they were goading |
Past Perfect |
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I had goaded |
you had goaded |
he/she/it had goaded |
we had goaded |
you had goaded |
they had goaded |
Future |
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I will goad |
you will goad |
he/she/it will goad |
we will goad |
you will goad |
they will goad |
Future Perfect |
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I will have goaded |
you will have goaded |
he/she/it will have goaded |
we will have goaded |
you will have goaded |
they will have goaded |
Future Continuous |
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I will be goading |
you will be goading |
he/she/it will be goading |
we will be goading |
you will be goading |
they will be goading |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been goading |
you have been goading |
he/she/it has been goading |
we have been goading |
you have been goading |
they have been goading |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been goading |
you will have been goading |
he/she/it will have been goading |
we will have been goading |
you will have been goading |
they will have been goading |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been goading |
you had been goading |
he/she/it had been goading |
we had been goading |
you had been goading |
they had been goading |
Conditional |
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I would goad |
you would goad |
he/she/it would goad |
we would goad |
you would goad |
they would goad |
Past Conditional |
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I would have goaded |
you would have goaded |
he/she/it would have goaded |
we would have goaded |
you would have goaded |
they would have goaded |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Goad
A light wooden pole used to prod working oxen to keep them moving.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() ankus - an elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
2. | ![]() encouragement - the expression of approval and support | |
Verb | 1. | goad - give heart or courage to encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to |
2. | goad - urge with or as if with a goad egg on,prod,incite - urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" spur - goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse" | |
3. | goad - stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick | |
4. | goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" |
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goad
verb
noun
1.incentive,urge,spur,motivation,pressure,stimulus,stimulation,impetus,incitementHis distrust only acted as a goad to me to prove him wrong.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
goad
nounSomething that incites especially a violent response:
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Translations
مِنْخَس، مِهْمازيَحُثُّ، يَسْتَحِثُّ
bodecdohnat k
ophidsepigkæp
tutkain
felbiztatösztöke
broddstafurhvetja; knÿja
badiklis
gana nūjaizaicinātmudinātnūjarīkste
bodec
kışkırtmaküvendirezorlamak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
goad
[ˈgəʊd]vt →aiguillonnerto goad sb into doing sth →harceler qn jusqu'à ce qu'ilfasse qchgo-ahead[ˈgəʊəhɛd]
adj [person] →dynamique,entreprenant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
goad
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
goad
[gəʊd]vtto goad sb into doing sth (fig) →pungolare qn perchéfaccia qcto goad sb on (fig) →spronare qn,incitare qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
goad
(gəud) verb to urge or force (a personetc) to do something by annoying (himetc).I was goaded into being rude to him. aanspoor, aandrywe, prikkel يَحُثُّ، يَسْتَحِثُّ подтиквам incitar přimět, donutitanstacheln ophidseεξωθώincitar,pinchar,provocar õhutama تحریک کردن؛ برانگیختن ärsyttääharceler לְהָסִית प्रेरित करना potaknuti, prisiliti ösztökél, felbiztat (vmire) menggoda hvetja; knÿjapungolare かり立てる 자극하다 priversti mudināt; izaicināt mengapi-apikanaanzetten,aansporendrive,egge,hissesprowokować چوكه كولincitar a îndemnaвынуждать,подстрекать dohnať (k), podnecovať izzvati podstrekavati reta, driva กระตุ้นzorlamak,kışkırtmak 唆使, 迫使 підбурювати, підбивати تنگ کرنا، اکسانا trêu chọc 唆使,刺激
noun a sharp-pointed stick used for driving cattleetc. slaanding, sambok مِنْخَس، مِهْماز остен aguilhão bodec der Treibstachelstock pigkæp βουκέντραaguijada astel چوب کوتاه سرتیز piikkisauvaaiguillon מַלמָד अंकुश जो प्रेरित करती है štap ösztöke tongkat runcing broddstafurpungolo 突き棒 (가축을 몰 때 쓰는) 막대기 badiklis [] nūja; rīkste kusaprikkel piggkjepp/-stav !!oścień چوكه، هغه تيره چوكى اله يالښته چې ژوى په هى كيږى: محرك aguilhão băţ ascuţit, nuia стрекало bodec, osteň palica z bodico štap pikstav ประตัก üvendire 趕牲畜的尖棒 стимул, стрекало مویشیوں کو ہنکانے کی نوکدار لاٹھی gậy nhọn赶牲口的尖棒
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Children of the Camp are we, Serving each in his degree; Children of the yoke andgoad, Pack and harness, pad and load.
Wiwau prodded with thegoad, and Tiha stumbled and wabbled in gymnastic efforts to make speed.
Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain."
There was a muleteer to every donkey and a dozen volunteers beside, and they banged the donkeys with theirgoad sticks, and pricked them with their spikes, and shouted something that sounded like "Sekki- yah!" and kept up a din and a racket that was worse than Bedlam itself.
Tell her to bid the matrons gather at the temple of Minerva in the acropolis; let her then take her key and open the doors of the sacred building; there, upon the knees of Minerva, let her lay the largest, fairest robe she has in her house--the one she sets most store by; let her, moreover, promise to sacrifice twelve yearling heifers that have never yet felt thegoad, in the temple of the goddess, if she will take pity on the town, with the wives and little ones of the Trojans, and keep the son of Tydeus from falling on the goodly city of Ilius; for he fights with fury and fills men's souls with panic.
The latter two or three times attempted to ask where they were taking him to and what they wanted, but the instant he began to open his lips they threatened to close them with the points of their lances; and Sancho fared the same way, for the moment he seemed about to speak one of those on foot punched him with agoad, and Dapple likewise, as if he too wanted to talk.
There is infinite variety in the gales of wind at sea, and except for the peculiar, terrible, and mysterious moaning that may be heard sometimes passing through the roar of a hurricane - except for that unforgettable sound, as if the soul of the universe had beengoaded into a mournful groan - it is, after all, the human voice that stamps the mark of human consciousness upon the character of a gale.
Clearly she saw the long wagon-train, the lean, gaunt men who walked before, the youths goading the lowing oxen that fell and weregoaded to their feet to fall again.
Usually he submitted with silent dignity to all which he had to go through, but, at times, he wasgoaded into comment.
There he stood hurling insults at Numa until the beast was againgoaded into leaping upward at him, and as Numa rose the noose dropped quickly over his head and about his neck.
Perhaps the memory of a past defeat at Tarzan's handsgoaded him.
He dashed his head against the knotted trunk; and, lifting up his eyes, howled, not like a man, but like a savage beast beinggoaded to death with knives and spears.
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