goad

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊd

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. 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

2. (figurative) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.

Derived terms

• cattle goad
• goad stick

 

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 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)

stimulus — see stimulus

Verb

goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)

1. To prod with a goad.
2. To encourage or stimulate.

   Synonyms: bield, embolden, hearten

3. To incite or provoke.

   Synonyms: actuate, spur; see also Thesaurus:incite

   goading a boy to fight

Translations

to prod with a goad

Dutch: prikkelen (nl) French: aiguillonner (fr) Galician: aguillar (gl), aguilloar (gl), aferretar German: anstacheln (de), antreiben (de) Greek: κεντώ (el) (kentó) Ancient: κεντέω (kentéō) Hindi: हाँकना (hi) (hā̃knā) Italian: pungolare (it) Latin: stimulāre Macedonian: подбуцне pf (podbucne) Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek) Polish: prowadzić (pl) Russian: подгоня́ть (ru) (podgonjátʹ) Serbo-Croatian: podbosti (sh) Spanish: puyar (es)

to encourage or stimulate

Bulgarian: подтиквам (bg) (podtikvam) Chinese: Mandarin: 慫恿／怂恿 (zh) (sǒngyǒng), 唆使 (zh) (suōshǐ) Czech: pobízet impf, pobídnout pf Dutch: aanmoedigen (nl), stimuleren (nl) Finnish: kannustaa (fi) Galician: afalar (gl) German: anspornen (de), anstacheln (de) Greek: παροτρύνω (el) (parotrýno), ενθαρρύνω (el) (entharrýno) Romanian: îndemna (ro) Russian: подгоня́ть (ru) (podgonjátʹ) Serbo-Croatian: podbosti (sh) Spanish: puyar (es) Swedish: sporra (sv)

to incite or provoke

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can 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) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can 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) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maori: whakaongaonga Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek), كوروكلمك (körüklemek) Polish: podjudzać impf, podjudzić pf Portuguese: incitar (pt), provocar (pt), atiçar (pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: подстрека́ть (ru) (podstrekátʹ), поощря́ть (ru) (pooščrjátʹ), подначивать (ru) (podnačivatʹ) Serbo-Croatian: podbosti (sh) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: picar la cresta (literally “to peck the comb”) (Mexico, informal), puyar (es) Swedish: egga (sv), trissa (sv) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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Dutch: aanporren (nl) German: anstacheln (de), antreiben (de) Greek: κεντώ (el) (kentó) Hungarian: ösztökél (hu) Irish: broid (animal), griog (person), saighid (person), prioc Polish: podpuszczać, wodzić (pl), prowadzić (pl) Russian: подгоня́ть (ru) (podgonjátʹ), подстрека́ть (ru) (podstrekátʹ)

See also

• goat

Anagrams

• Goda, dago, doga

Scots

Etymology

From Old English god, of Germanic origin.

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. God

Swedish

Participle

goad

1. past participle of goa