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Goad   /goʊd/   Listen
Goad

verb
(past & past part. goaded; pres. part. goading)
1.
Give heart or courage to.  Synonym: spur.
2.
Urge with or as if with a goad.
3.
Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick.  Synonym: prick.
4.
Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.  Synonym: needle.
noun
1.
A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion.  Synonym: prod.
2.
A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.  Synonyms: goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging.



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"Goad" Quotes from Famous Books



... remarkably firm and regular for a dying woman, and that the composition showed a certain calculated effectiveness. I feared a lure. Instinctively I knew Deschamps to be one of those women who, driven by the goad of passionate feeling, will proceed to any length, content to postpone reflection till afterwards—when the ...
— The Ghost - A Modern Fantasy • Arnold Bennett
... the eastern mode of travelling, the Shunammite mounted an ass, and ordered the man appointed to attend her and goad on the animal, to make all possible haste to mount Carmel. As soon as Elisha saw her coming, he sent Gehazi to salute her with these inquiries: "Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well ...
— Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I • Francis Augustus Cox
... "Do you deny yourself even the pleasure of the lad's company? Alas, Father Victor, you forge your own spurs and goad yourself with your own hands. What harm is there in being ...
— Riders of the Silences • John Frederick
... driven frantic by a bullet in a specially tender spot, which broke the line and turned sideways, overthrowing two Granthis and their horses as she did so. The mahout, with voice and goad, tried manfully to get her back into the path, but there was a moment's wild confusion, in the midst of which Gerrard became aware of a mob of wild Darwanis, their garments flying, ...
— The Path to Honour • Sydney C. Grier
... War opened to man the freedom of the skies. Amid all its anguish and suffering has come forth the conquest of the air. Scientists, manufacturers, dreamers, and the most hard-headed of men have united under the goad of its necessity to sweep away in a series of supreme efforts all the fears and doubts which ...
— Opportunities in Aviation • Arthur Sweetser


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