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Meanings of goad in English

Portuguese
ferrão
Catalan
empenta
Spanish
acuciar

A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.

      ferrão
      Spanish
      pinchar

      Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick.

            pinchar
            Portuguese
            importunar
            Catalan
            empipar
            Spanish
            aguijonear

            Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.

                  importunar
                  Usage of goad in English
                  1
                  The boss thrust the goad into the hand of the bashful fellow.
                  Joan of Arc of the North Woods
                  2
                  But now the charioteer had the reins and goad in his hand.
                  The Bride of the Nile — Volume 03
                  3
                  I saw Iwan walking beside the lead ox, holding a long goad.
                  Scarlet
                  4
                  The fear of it began to goad him in flesh and spirit.
                  The Unclassed
                  5
                  Long may his elegant Philippics continue to goad and tickle our complacencies!
                  The Irish Times
                  6
                  Yet something about the words of the inscription seemed to goad him.
                  The Quiet Earth
                  7
                  All quiet. He paused a moment, then decided to goad his chief.
                  Cry for the strangers
                  8
                  You do not know the furies which goad him in his anger.
                  The Net
                  9
                  His reason could not take him beyond the reach of its goad.
                  The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation
                  10
                  And now this new Legate down in Darujhistan to goad them on.
                  Orb Sceptre Throne
                  11
                  Ayrton, goad in hand, stood waiting the orders of this new master.
                  In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
                  12
                  Nice try, Paul, but you're not going to goad me into telling.
                  Field of Dishonor
                  13
                  A man with an ox goad comes running through the central arch.
                  Androcles and the Lion
                  14
                  These things goad me, they are like poisoned thorns in my flesh.
                  The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")
                  15
                  Invariably, Frankie would try to goad Todd into jumping off the bridge.
                  Knockemstiff
                  16
                  It must have love as a trigger, a goad, or a stimulant.
                  East of eden
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                  Translations for goad
                  Goad through the time
                  Goad across language varieties
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