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- DictionaryGoad/ɡōd/
verb
- 1. provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction: "he goaded her on to more daring revelations"
- 2. drive or urge (an animal) on with a goad: "the cowboys goaded their cattle across the meadows"
noun
- 1. a spiked stick used for driving cattle.
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.
A goad is a pointy stick or other instrument used to prod something along. To goad is to poke something with that pointy stick. Either way, the pointiness is really essential for making things leap into action. Originally spelled gad, meaning “spearhead,” goad first came into use as a verb in the 1570s. But say you left your pointy goading ...
Check pronunciation: goad. Definition of goad verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 English gode, Old English gād; compare Langobardic gaida spearhead] goad′like`, adj.
2 days ago · 1. verb. If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response. [VERB noun + into] Charles was always goading me. [VERB noun] Goad is also a noun .
Goad definition: . See examples of GOAD used in a sentence.
to make someone angry or annoyed so that they react in the way that you want: [ + into + doing sth ] They tried to goad us into attacking the police. (Definition of goad from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
