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goad 
[gohd] Pronunciation Key
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[gohd] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod. |
| 2. | anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick. |
| 3. | something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. |
| 4. | to prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME gode, OE gād; cf. Langobardic gaida spearhead]
] —Related forms
goadlike, adjective
—Synonyms 4. spur, push, impel.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| goad
(gōd) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. goad·ed, goad·ing, goads To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick. [Middle English gode, from Old English gād.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
goad (n.)
goad (n.)
O.E. gad "spearhead," from P.Gmc. *gaido (cf. Lombardic gaida "spear"), from PIE *ghai- (cf. Skt. hetih "missile, projectile," O.Ir. gae "spear"). Figurative use is since 16c., probably from the Bible. The verb is from 1579.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| goad | |
noun | |
| 1. | a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [syn: prod] |
| 2. | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" |
verb | |
| 1. | give heart or courage to [syn: spur] |
| 2. | urge with or as if with a goad |
| 3. | stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick |
| 4. | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Goad
Goad\, n. [AS. g[=a]d; perh. akin to AS. g[=a]r a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Goad
Goad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.] To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. That temptation that doth goad us on. --Shak. Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Goad
(Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen. Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad. "The goad is a formidable weapon. It is sometimes ten feet long, and has a sharp point. We could now see that the feat of Shamgar was not so very wonderful as some have been accustomed to think." In 1 Sam. 13:21, a different Hebrew word is used, _dorban_, meaning something pointed. The expression (Acts 9:5, omitted in the R.V.), "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks", i.e., against the goad, was proverbial for unavailing resistance to superior power.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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