Look up: goad

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   goad
   something urging a person to action 
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   goad
   [n] - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something 2. [v] - urge with or as if with a goad 3. [v] - prod or urge as if with a log stick
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   GOAD
   GNOME Object Activation Directory
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   Goad
   Goad noun [ Anglo-Saxon gād ; perhaps akin to Anglo-Saxon gār a dart, and English gore . See Gore , transitive verb ] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. « The daily goad urging him to the daily toil.» Macaulay.
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   Goad
   Goad transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Goaded ; present participle & verbal noun Goading .] To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. « That temptation that doth goad us on.» Shak. Syn. -- To urg ...
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   goad
   goading noun a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; `the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves`
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   goad
   verb urge with or as if with a goad
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   Goad
   The `goad` is a traditional farming implement, used to spur or guide an animal, usually oxen, which are pulling a plough or a cart. It is a type of cattle prod. Though many people are unfamiliar with them today, goads have been common throughout the world.
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   Goad
   • (v. t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. • (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
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    goad
    
    1. a pointed instrument used to prod into motion
    2. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
    
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    goad
    a traditional unit of distance sometimes used in measuring cloth. One goad is equal to 54 inches or 1.5 yards (1.3716 meters). A goad was originally a spear; later it was a pointed rod used for prodding animals to get a move on. The unit must have originated as the length of such an instrument.
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