goad

Definitions


[ɡəʊd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction
(e.g: he was trying to goad her into a fight)

- drive (an animal) with a spiked stick
(e.g: the cowboys goaded their cattle across the meadows)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English gād, of Germanic origin


[ɡəʊd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a spiked stick used for driving cattle


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English gād, of Germanic origin




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