goad

English

Etymology

From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊd

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
   • 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:

     the daily goad urging him to the daily toil

2. (figurative) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.

Derived terms

• cattle goad
• goad stick

 

Translations

pointed stick used to prod animals

• Arabic: مِنْخَس m (minḵas)
• Aramaic: זקתא m
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: գաւազան (gawazan)

• Aromanian: strimburari f
• Belarusian: страка́ла n (strakála)
• Bulgarian: остен (bg) m (osten), копраля f (kopralja)
• Catalan: agullada (ca) f, tocadora f, gullada f
• Czech: bodec (cs) m
• Dutch: staak (nl) m
• Finnish: tutkain (fi)
• French: aiguillon (fr) m
• Galician: aguillada (gl) f, aguillón (gl) m
• German: Stachelstock m
• Greek: βουκέντρα (el) f (voukéntra)

  Ancient: κέντρον n (kéntron)

• Hebrew: מַלְמַד (malmád)
• Hungarian: ösztöke (hu)
• Ido: pikobastono (io)
• Indonesian: gancu (id)
• Irish: brod m
• Italian: pungolo (it) m
• Javanese: gancu
• Kashubian: òsce
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نەقیزە (neqîze)

  Northern Kurdish: misas (ku)

• Latin: stimulus
• Macedonian: остен m (osten)
• Malay: angkus
• Malayalam: തോട്ടി (ml) (tōṭṭi), അങ്കുശം (ml) (aṅkuśaṁ)
• Middle English: gode
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: стрѣкало n (strěkalo)

• Ottoman Turkish: اوكندره (üğendire, üvendire)
• Persian: سک (fa) (sok)
• Polish: oścień m
• Romanian: strămurare (ro)
• Russian: прут (ru) m (prut), стрека́ло (ru) n (strekálo) (obsolete)
• Sanskrit: अष्ट्रा (sa) f (aṣṭrā)
• Scottish Gaelic: brod m
• Serbo-Croatian: badalo (sh)

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} бадало

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} badalo (sh)

• Spanish: picana (es) f, puya (es) f, aguijada (es) f
• Thai: ประตัก (th) (bprà-dtàk), ปฏัก (th) (bpà-dtàk)
• Turkish: üvendire (tr)
• Ukrainian: стрека́ло n (strekálo), стріка́ло n (strikálo)
• Urdu: آنکس (ur) (ānkas)

stimulus — see stimulus

Verb

goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)

1. To prod with a goad.
2. To encourage or stimulate.

   Synonyms: bield, embolden, hearten

3. To incite or provoke.

   Synonyms: actuate, spur; see also Thesaurus:incite

   goading a boy to fight

Translations

to prod with a goad

• Dutch: prikkelen (nl)
• French: aiguillonner (fr)
• Galician: aguillar (gl), aguilloar (gl), aferretar
• German: anstacheln (de), antreiben (de)
• Greek: κεντώ (el) (kentó)

  Ancient: κεντέω (kentéō)

• Hindi: हाँकना (hi) (hā̃knā)
• Italian: pungolare (it)
• Latin: stimulāre
• Macedonian: подбуцне pf (podbucne)
• Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek)
• Polish: prowadzić (pl)
• Russian: подгоня́ть (ru) (podgonjátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: podbosti (sh)
• Spanish: puyar (es)

to encourage or stimulate

• Bulgarian: подтиквам (bg) (podtikvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慫恿／怂恿 (zh) (sǒngyǒng), 唆使 (zh) (suōshǐ)

• Czech: pobízet impf, pobídnout pf
• Dutch: aanmoedigen (nl), stimuleren (nl)
• Finnish: kannustaa (fi)
• Galician: afalar (gl)
• German: anspornen (de), anstacheln (de)
• Greek: παροτρύνω (el) (parotrýno), ενθαρρύνω (el) (entharrýno)
• Romanian: îndemna (ro)
• Russian: подгоня́ть (ru) (podgonjátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: podbosti (sh)
• Spanish: puyar (es)
• Swedish: sporra (sv)

to incite or provoke

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: tırkalamaq
• Bulgarian: поощрявам (bg) (pooštrjavam), подстрекавам (bg) (podstrekavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挑釁／挑衅 (zh) (tiǎoxìn)

• Czech: popichovat impf, popíchnout (cs) pf, provokovat (cs) impf, vyprovokovat pf
• Dutch: provoceren (nl), aanzetten (nl), aansporen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: yllyttää (fi)
• French: provoquer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: reizen (de), aufreizen (de), anstacheln (de)
• Hungarian: felpiszkál (hu), felbujt (hu)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whakaongaonga
• Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek), كوروكلمك (körüklemek)
• Polish: podjudzać impf, podjudzić pf
• Portuguese: incitar (pt), provocar (pt), atiçar (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: подстрека́ть (ru) (podstrekátʹ), поощря́ть (ru) (pooščrjátʹ), подначивать (ru) (podnačivatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: podbosti (sh)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: picar la cresta (literally “to peck the comb”) (Mexico, informal), puyar (es)
• Swedish: egga (sv), trissa (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: aanporren (nl)
• German: anstacheln (de), antreiben (de)
• Greek: κεντώ (el) (kentó)
• Hungarian: ösztökél (hu)
• Irish: broid (animal), griog (person), saighid (person), prioc
• Polish: podpuszczać, wodzić (pl), prowadzić (pl)
• Russian: подгоня́ть (ru) (podgonjátʹ), подстрека́ть (ru) (podstrekátʹ)

See also

• goat

Anagrams

• Goda, dago, doga

Scots

Etymology

From Old English god, of Germanic origin.

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. God

Swedish

Participle

goad

1. past participle of goa