goad

Meanings

Noun

  • A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
  • That which goads or incites; a stimulus.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English gode, from Old English gād, from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda, Langobardic gaida), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath, Sanskrit हिन्वति, हिनोति, हेति).

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