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Meanings of goading in English

Portuguese
ferrão
Catalan
empenta
Spanish
acicate

A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.

      ferrão
      Usage of goading in English
      1
      And why has the Government been goading companies to be more productive?
      News.com.au
      2
      Neither of them replied and Yates lost interest in goading them further.
      Agent 6
      3
      Then they joined in goading the man on again with their eyes.
      An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; An Idyl of Saratoga
      4
      His goading good humor proved mildly settling, and Magiere relaxed a little.
      Thief of lives
      5
      Her ceaseless cry was goading the brave little beast like a spur.
      Round Anvil Rock: A Romance
      6
      They dance across the web, each step sounding like a goading word.
      Children of Time
      7
      By some goading, a clutch of men were blandished into fighting him.
      The Scar
      8
      He was goading him, drawing him out into the open, enjoying it.
      Relentless Pursuit
      9
      If he does not, a little judicious goading will set him on.
      Annette, the Metis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
      10
      He reaches down and pats one of the guard dogs, goading her.
      The windup girl
      11
      I'm becoming bored with this self-pitying nonsense, Dare snapped, deliberately goading him.
      The Necromancer
      12
      Rather than goading her to courage, the words blinded her to the obvious.
      Wired
      13
      Support for strong action against the Taliban had been weakened by U.S. goading.
      Reuters
      14
      I wish to avoid goading Mr. Rockett into seeking legal counsel.
      Bones of the Lost
      15
      But it's a more goading question for the makers of this brief biopic.
      The Irish Times
      16
      Wilfred would no doubt soon butt their bottoms if they kept goading him.
      The viking takes a knight
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      Translations for goading
      Portuguese
      ferrão
      Goading through the time
      Goading across language varieties
      United States of America
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Common