goad

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A long, pointed stick used to prod animals
To incite or provoke
To prod with a goad
To encourage or stimulate
{v} to prick with a goad, drive, urge, vex
{n} a sharp instrument used to drive oxen
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 Charles was always goading me. Goad is also a noun. His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed
a pointed instrument used to prod into motion
urge with or as if with a goad
give heart or courage to
To prod with a goad; to encourage, stimulate, incite or provoke
prod or urge as if with a log stick urge with or as if with a goad
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" prod or urge as if with a log stick urge with or as if with a goad
{f} tease, drive, urge; cattle-prod, prodding-stick
{i} device used to urge an animal in a certain direction, prod; something which pokes and prods like a goad; something which urges or drives
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates
To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate
prod or urge as if with a log stick
A goad
chivvy
goaded
past of goad
goaded
compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"
goading
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
goads
third-person singular of goad
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