- (v.t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
- (v.t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating or inflaming; to stimulate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "goad" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/goad/definitions/2012862> |