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English Dictionary: goading by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goading
n
  1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
    Synonym(s): goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goad \Goad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Goaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Goading}.]
      To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to
      rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming;
      to stimulate.
  
               That temptation that doth goad us on.      --Shak.
  
      Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite;
               instigate.
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