Definition of goad

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Goad (v. t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates..

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Chivy :: Chivy (v. t.) To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch..
Oxgoad :: Oxgoad (n.) A goad for driving oxen.
Progue :: Progue (v. t. ) To prick; to goad.
Valet :: Valet (n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) A goad; incitement.
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on..
Gad :: Gad (n.) A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..
Spur :: Spur (v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse..
Stimulate :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory..
Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To prick; to goad; to progue.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..
Goaded :: Goaded (imp. & p. p.) of Goa.
Stingaree :: Sting (v. t.) To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches..
Prod :: Prod (v. t.) To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student..
Instigate :: Instigate (v. t.) To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.
Goading :: Goading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goa.
Goad :: Goad (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..
Progue :: Progue (n.) A sharp point; a goad.
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