Pronunciation : Goad
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. gad; perh. akin to AS. gar a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Goad
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. That temptation that doth goad us on. Shak.
Syn. -- To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.
t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913