goad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: goad	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for goad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goad n a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion Synonym(s): prod, goad a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" Synonym(s): goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring v give heart or courage to Synonym(s): spur, goad urge with or as if with a goad stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick Synonym(s): goad, prick goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" Synonym(s): needle, goad
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goad \Goad\, n. [AS. g[be]d; perh. akin to AS. g[be]r a dart, and E. gore. See {Gore}, v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. --Macaulay.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Goad (Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen. Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad. "The goad is a formidable weapon. It is sometimes ten feet long, and has a sharp point. We could now see that the feat of Shamgar was not so very wonderful as some have been accustomed to think." In 1 Sam. 13:21, a different Hebrew word is used, _dorban_, meaning something pointed. The expression (Acts 9:5, omitted in the R.V.), "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks", i.e., against the goad, was proverbial for unavailing resistance to superior power.