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   goat

   /ɡəʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard. It is kept for its milk and meat, and noted for its lively behaviour.
   • ▪ a wild mammal related to the goat, such as the ibex.
   • ▪ the zodiacal sign Capricorn or the constellation Capricornus.
   • 2. a lecherous man. Similar lecherlecherous manlascivious manlibertinewomanizerseduceradultererpervertdebaucheerakerouéprofligatewantonloose-liversensualistsybaritevoluptuaryDon JuanCasanovaLotharioRomeoinformal:lechpervdirty old manwolfladykillerdated:ripformal:fornicator
   • 3. a stupid person; a fool: informal British "just for once, stop acting the goat" Similar foolidiothalfwitnincompoopblockheadbuffoonduncedoltignoramuscretinimbeciledullardmoronsimpletonclodinformal:dopeninnychumpdimwitnitwitgoondumbodummydum-dumdumb-bellloonjackassboneheadfatheadnumbskulldunderheadchuckleheadknuckleheadmuttonheadpudding-headthickheadwooden-headairheadpinheadlamebrainpea-brainbirdbrainzombiejerknerddipstickdonkeynoodlenitnumptytwitassclotplonkerberkpratpillockwallygitwazzockdivvynerktwerpcharliemugmuppetnyaffballoonsumphgowkgobdawschmuckbozobooblamerturkeyschlepperchowderheaddumbheaddumbassgoofballgoofgoofusgalootdorklummoxklutzputzschlemielsapmeatballginkcluckclunkding-dongdingbatwienerweenydipsimpspudcootpalookapoopsquareheadyo-yodingleberrywing nutdrongodillalecgalahnongboganpoonboofheadmomparavulgar slang:knobheadasshatarchaic:tomfoolnoddyclodpoleloggerheadspoonymooncalf
   • 4. a scapegoat. US

   Word Origin Old Englishgāt ‘nanny goat’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geit and German Geiss, also to Latin haedus ‘kid’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. goatlike adjective

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