• (RP) IPA: /ɡəʊd/
• (GA) IPA: /ɡoʊd/

goad (plural goads)

1. A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
   • 1881, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Ninth_Edition/Johnson,_Samuel Samuel Johnson]”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition:

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

• French: aiguillon
• German: Stachelstock
• Italian: pungolo
• Russian: прут
• Spanish: picana, puya, aguijada

goad (goads, present participle goading; past and past participle goaded)

1. To prod with a goad.
2. To encourage or stimulate.
3. To incite or provoke.

   goading a boy to fight

• French: aiguillonner
• German: anstacheln , antreiben
• Russian: подгоня́ть

• German: anspornen, anstacheln
• Russian: подгоня́ть

• French: provoquer
• German: reizen, aufreizen, anstacheln
• Russian: подстрека́ть

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