Etymology
From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)). Doublet of gad and yard; see also xyston.
Noun
goad (plural goads)
- A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:the daily goad urging him to the daily toil
- (figurative) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
Translations
pointed stick used to prod animals
- Arabic: مِنْخَس m (minḵas)
- Aramaic: זקתא m
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: գաւազան (gawazan)
- Aromanian: strimburari f
- Belarusian: страка́ла n (strakála)
- Bulgarian: остен (bg) m (osten), копраля (bg) f (kopralja)
- Catalan: agullada (ca) f, tocadora f, gullada f
- Czech: bodec (cs) m
- Dutch: staak (nl) m
- Finnish: tutkain (fi)
- French: aiguillon (fr) m
- Galician: aguillada (gl) f, aguillón (gl) m
- German: Stachelstock m
- Greek: βουκέντρα (el) f (voukéntra)
- Ancient: κέντρον n (kéntron)
- Hebrew: מַלְמַד (malmád)
- Hungarian: ösztöke (hu)
- Ido: pikobastono (io)
- Indonesian: gancu (id)
- Irish: brod m
- Italian: pungolo (it) m
- Javanese: gancu
- Kashubian: òsce
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نەقیزە (neqîze)
- Northern Kurdish: misas (ku)
- Latin: stimulus
- Macedonian: остен m (osten)
- Malay: angkus
- Malayalam: തോട്ടി (ml) (tōṭṭi), അങ്കുശം (ml) (aṅkuśaṁ)
- Middle English: gode
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: стрѣкало n (strěkalo)
- Ottoman Turkish: اوكندره (üğendire, üvendire)
- Persian: سک (fa) (sok)
- Polish: oścień m
- Romanian: strămurare (ro)
- Russian: прут (ru) m (prut), стрека́ло (ru) n (strekálo) (obsolete)
- Sanskrit: अष्ट्रा (sa) f (aṣṭrā)
- Scottish Gaelic: brod m
- Serbo-Croatian: badalo (sh)
- Cyrillic: (please verify) бадало
- Roman: (please verify) badalo (sh)
- Spanish: picana (es) f, puya (es) f, aguijada (es) f
- Thai: ประตัก (th) (bprà-dtàk), ปฏัก (th) (bpà-dtàk)
- Turkish: üvendire (tr)
- Ukrainian: стрека́ло n (strekálo), стріка́ло n (strikálo)
- Urdu: آنکس (ur) (ānkas)
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Verb
goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)
- To prod with a goad.
- To encourage or stimulate.
- Synonyms: bield, embolden, hearten
- To incite or provoke.
- Synonyms: actuate, spur; see also Thesaurus:incite
goading a boy to fight
Translations
to encourage or stimulate
to incite or provoke
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- Azerbaijani: tırkalamaq
- Bulgarian: поощрявам (bg) (pooštrjavam), подстрекавам (bg) (podstrekavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 挑釁 / 挑衅 (zh) (tiǎoxìn)
- Czech: popichovat impf, popíchnout (cs) pf, provokovat (cs) impf, vyprovokovat pf
- Dutch: provoceren (nl), aanzetten (nl), aansporen (nl)
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- Finnish: yllyttää (fi)
- French: provoquer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: reizen (de), aufreizen (de), anstacheln (de)
- Hungarian: felpiszkál (hu), felbujt (hu)
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- Maori: whakaongaonga
- Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek), كوروكلمك (körüklemek)
- Polish: podjudzać impf, podjudzić pf
- Portuguese: incitar (pt), provocar (pt), atiçar (pt)
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- Russian: подстрека́ть (ru) (podstrekátʹ), поощря́ть (ru) (pooščrjátʹ), подначивать (ru) (podnačivatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: podbosti (sh)
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- Spanish: picar la cresta (literally “to peck the comb”) (Mexico, informal), puyar (es)
- Swedish: egga (sv), trissa (sv)
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