Strongly urge, particularly cattle using an electrical prod. Also to cause someone to take some particular course by insults or similar action
goad
Goad means to drive or urge on. You can also use it as an object used to hurry up.1. The sergeant had to goad the reluctant soldiers into action.2. The cowhand used a goad to prod the sluggish cattle.
The Latin root stimu translates to goad
A cowboy goad is a spur.
he tried to goad his aduience
The Old English word for goad is "sticca," which referred to a stick used to prod or drive cattle.
The word goad is a verb. It means to encourage or provoke.
toad?One word that rhymes with goad is flowed.
goad
tease
Goad means to drive or urge on. You can also use it as an object used to hurry up.1. The sergeant had to goad the reluctant soldiers into action.2. The cowhand used a goad to prod the sluggish cattle.
it comes from an older form of the same English word originally spelled god & pronounced goad but which didnt mean either god or goad but rather having the right or desirable quality & this word god had previously & gradually evolved from a slightly different word meaning fit or adequate or belonging together which itself had come from a most ancient & also slightly different word meaning to unite or to be associated or suitable & which was pronounced probably ghedh
If you lollygag doing your homework, your mother may goad you into it by refusing to serve supper til your'e done.
The word is not "goat". The word is "goad".
The Latin root stimu translates to goad
A cowboy goad is a spur.
Tim Goad's birth name is Timothy Ray Goad.