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   goad

   /ɡəʊd/

   verb

   • 1. provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction: "he was trying to goad her into a fight"
   • 2. drive (an animal) with a spiked stick: "the cowboys goaded their cattle across the meadows"

   noun

   • 1. a spiked stick used for driving cattle. Similar prodspiked stickspikestaffcrookpolerodankusarchaic:prick
   • ▪ a thing that stimulates someone into action: "for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort" Similar stimulusincentiveencouragementstimulantstimulationinducementfillipimpetusimpulsespurprodpromptincitementmotivemotivationinformal:kick in the pantskick up the backsideshot in the arm

   Word Origin Old Englishgād, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • G

     2

   • O

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

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