goat

Meanings

Noun

• A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
• A lecherous man.
• A scapegoat.
• A Pontiac GTO car.
• A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
• A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
• A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

Verb

• To allow goats to feed on.
• To scapegoat.
• To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

Origin

• From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a language.
• The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".