goad
goad
goƊd
gowd
/ɡˈə‍ʊd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "goad"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āύ⧋āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ

a pointy instrument used to prod animals into motion, especially in farming or herding
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A wooden goad hung beside the stable door.
āφāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻ• āĻā§āϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāύāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāύāĻž

a remark that urges or challenges someone to act, by irritating or daring them
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He responded to the goad with unexpected confidence.
āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āωāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strategically and persistently encourage or stimulate someone
Transitive: to goad sb
Ditransitive: to goad sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Facing a tough deadline, the project manager tried to goad the team.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to irritate or provoke someone, typically through persistent criticism, taunts, or annoying behavior
Transitive: to goad sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She would goad her brother by continually bringing up his past mistakes during family gatherings.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to drive or prod an animal, typically cattle or livestock, using a spiked stick or pointed instrument
Transitive: to goad animals
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In traditional farming practices, farmers would goad oxen with a spiked stick to plow the fields.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻ•ā§ƒāώāϕ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϤ āϚāĻžāώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—āϰ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧋āĨ¤
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