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Definitions for Goading

[1] a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
[2] anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick.
[3] something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus.
[4] to prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite.
[5] a sharp pointed stick for urging on cattle, etc
[6] anything that acts as a spur or incitement
[7] (tr) to drive with or as if with a goad; spur; incite

Words related to Goading

goadprod, tease, coerce, harass, hound, provoke, force, propel, move, sting, thrust, arouse, prompt, animate, whip, exhort, irritate, sound, encourage, trigger

Words nearby Goading

goadgo-train, go/no-go, goa, goa powder, goa, daman, and diu, goad, goaf, goal, goal area, goal crease, goal kick

Origin of Goading

before 900; Middle English gode, Old English gād; compare Langobardic gaida spearhead

Other words from Goading

goad·like , adjective
un·goad·ed , adjective

Word origin for Goading

Old English gād, of Germanic origin, related to Old English gār, Old Norse geirr spear

Synonyms for Goading

coerce, harass, hound, prod, provoke, tease, animate, annoy, arouse, bully, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, force, goose, impel, inspirit, instigate, irritate, lash, move, needle, press, prick, prompt, propel, push, rowel, sic, sound, spark, spur, stimulate, sting, thrust, trigger, urge, whip, worry, fire up, key up, put up to, turn on, work up