goad
21Goad — This interesting surname of English origin, is a dialectal variant of the topographical name for a dweller by the watercourse or sluice , deriving from the middle English gote . Recordings include Peter att Gote (1327), The Subsidy Rolls of… …
22goad — 1 verb (T) 1 to make someone do something by annoying them or encouraging them until they do it: goad sb into (doing) sth: Kathy goaded him into telling her what he had done. | goad sb on: Duval was goaded on by the need for more money. 2 to push …
23goad — 1. noun 1) he applied his goad to the cows Syn: prod, spike, staff, crook, rod 2) a goad to political change Syn: stimulus, incentive, encouragement, inducement, fillip, spur …
24goad — [[t]goʊd[/t]] 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 3) to prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite • …
25goad — /goʊd / (say gohd) noun 1. a stick with a pointed end, for driving cattle, etc. 2. anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick; a stimulus. –verb (t) 3. to drive (animals) with a goad. 4. to prick or drive as with a goad; incite. 5. to… …
26goad — a traditional unit of distance sometimes used in measuring cloth. One goad is equal to 54 inches or 1.5 yards (1.3716 meters). A goad was originally a spear; later it was a pointed rod used for prodding animals to get a move on. The unit must… …
27goad — goadlike, adj. /gohd/, n. 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. v.t. 4. to… …
28goad — 1. noun A long, pointed stick used to prod animals. 2. verb a) To prod with a goad. b) To encourage or stimulate …
29goad — [OE] Goad comes via prehistoric Germanic *gaidō from an Indo European base *ghai . This also produced an Old English word for ‘spear’, gār, which survives today in garlic [OE], etymologically ‘spear leek’. => GARLIC …
30goad — gəʊd n. device used to urge an animal in a certain direction, prod; something which pokes and prods like a goad; something which urges or drives v. tease, drive, urge; cattle prod, prodding stick …
