'Goad' definitions:
Definition of 'goad'
(from WordNet)
noun
A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [syn: prod, goad]
noun
A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring]
verb
Give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad]
verb
Urge with or as if with a goad
verb
Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad, prick]
verb
Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle, goad]
Definition of 'Goad'
From: GCIDE
- Goad \Goad\, n. [AS. g[=a]d; perh. akin to AS. g[=a]r a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. [1913 Webster]
- The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Goad'
From: GCIDE
- Goad \Goad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.] To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. [1913 Webster]
- That temptation that doth goad us on. --Shak.
- Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'goad'
From: Easton
- Goad (Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen. Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad. "The goad is a formidable weapon. It is sometimes ten feet long, and has a sharp point. We could now see that the feat of Shamgar was not so very wonderful as some have been accustomed to think."
- In 1 Sam. 13:21, a different Hebrew word is used, _dorban_, meaning something pointed. The expression (Acts 9:5, omitted in the R.V.), "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks", i.e., against the goad, was proverbial for unavailing resistance to superior power.
Synonyms of 'goad'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actuate,
- animate,
- assault,
- bear,
- bear upon,
- boost,
- buck,
- bull,
- bulldoze,
- bump,
- bump against,
- bunt,
- butt,
- butt against,
- cage,
- catalyst,
- coerce,
- compel,
- compulsion,
- corral,
- cram,
- crowd,
- desire,
- dig,
- drive,
- drive on,
- drove,
- egg on,
- elbow,
- exhort,
- flog,
- force,
- forward,
- gad,
- gadfly,
- give an impetus,
- give momentum,
- herd,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- impel,
- impetus,
- impulse,
- impulsion,
- incentive,
- incitation,
- incite,
- incitement,
- instigate,
- jab,
- jam,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- lash,
- lust,
- motivate,
- motivation,
- move,
- needle,
- nudge,
- oxgoad,
- passion,
- pile drive,
- poke,
- power,
- press,
- prick,
- prod,
- prompt,
- propel,
- punch,
- punch cattle,
- push,
- put in motion,
- ram,
- ram down,
- rattle,
- ride herd on,
- round up,
- rowel,
- run,
- run against,
- set agoing,
- set going,
- set in motion,
- shake,
- shepherd,
- shoulder,
- shove,
- sic,
- spur,
- stimulant,
- sting,
- stress,
- tamp,
- thrust,
- urge,
- whip,
- whip on,
- whiplash,
- wrangle,
- zeal