goadverb [ T ]
uk/ɡəʊd/us/ɡoʊd/to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them:
She seemed determined to goad him into a fight.
He refused to be goaded by their insults.
The runner was goadedon by his desire to keep up with the others.
A group of children were goading (= laughing at or pushing) another child in the school playground.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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goad
noun [ S ] ukus
His speech should serve as a goad to action.