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verb | noun goadgoad1 /goʊd/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEgoad |
Present | I, you, we, they | goad | | he, she, it | goads | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | goaded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have goaded | | he, she, it | has goaded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had goaded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will goad | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have goaded |
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Present | I | am goading | | he, she, it | is goading | | you, we, they | are goading | Past | I, he, she, it | was goading | | you, we, they | were goading | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been goading | | he, she, it | has been goading | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been goading | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be goading | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been goading |
1to make someone do something by being annoying or encouraging until he or she does it: goad somebody into (doing) something Several boys surrounded him and goaded him into a fight.goad somebody on They goaded him on with insults.2to push animals ahead of you with a sharp stick verb | noun goadgoad2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYgoad2Origin: Old English gad 1a sharp stick for making animals, especially cattle, move forward2something that forces someone to do something |