any of various species of long-legged agile ruminant mammals that are related to the sheep and have with backward-curving horns, a short tail, and usu straight hair: genus Capra
informal a lecherous man
informal a foolish person
(the Goat) the constellation and sign of the zodiac Capricorn
get somebody's goat
informal to annoy or irritate somebody
goatish adj
goaty adj
[Old English gāt]