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goad

  [gohd]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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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Word Origin & History

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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