English-Thai Dictionary

goad

N สิ่งยั่วยุ  สิ่งกระตุ้น  catalyst stimulus sing-yua-yu

 

goad

VT กระตุ้น  ยุแหย่  stimulate soothe kra-tun

 

goad into

PHRV กระตุ้น  ทำให้ โกรธ หรือ รำคาญ  แหย่  provoke into sting into kra-tun

 

goad on

PHRV กระตุ้น  ผลักดัน  kra-tun

 

goad on

PHRV บังคับ หรือ กระตุ้น (สัตว์  ให้ เดิน ไป ข้างหน้า โดย ใช้ ไม้ แหลม  bang-khab-rue-kra-tun-hai-doen-pai-kang-na-doi-chai-mai-laem

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOAD

n.A pointed instrument used to stimulate a beast to move faster.

 

GOAD

v.t.To prick; to drive with a goad. 1. To incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to urge forward, or to rouse by any thing pungent, severe, irritating or inflaming. He was goaded by sarcastic remarks or by abuse; goaded by desire or other passion.

 

GOADED

pp. Pricked; pushed on by a goad; instigated.

 

GOADING

ppr. Pricking; driving with a goad; inciting; urging on; rousing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GOAD

Goad, n. Etym: [AS. gad; perh. akin to AS. gar a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

GOAD

Goad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

goad

goad |gōd ɡoʊd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provoke or annoy (someone ) so as to stimulate some action or reaction: he goaded her on to more daring revelations. 2 drive or urge (an animal ) on with a goad. ▶noun a spiked stick used for driving cattle. • a thing that stimulates someone into action: for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort. ORIGIN Old English gād, of Germanic origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

goad

goad |gəʊd | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] provoke or annoy (someone ) so as to stimulate an action or reaction: he was trying to goad her into a fight. 2 [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] drive (an animal ) with a spiked stick. ▶noun a spiked stick used for driving cattle. • a thing that stimulates someone into action: for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort. ORIGIN Old English gād, of Germanic origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

goad

goad noun 1 he applied his goad to the cows: prod, spike, staff, crook, rod. 2 a goad to political change: stimulus, incentive, encouragement, inducement, fillip, spur, prod, prompt, catalyst; motive, motivation. ▶verb we were goaded into action: provoke, spur, prod, egg on, hound, badger, incite, rouse, stir, move, stimulate, motivate, prompt, induce, encourage, urge, inspire; impel, pressure, dragoon.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

goad

goad noun 1 he applied his goad energetically to the cattle's hindquarters: prod, spiked stick, spike, staff, crook, pole, rod; Indian ankus; archaic prick. 2 the offer of economic help acted as a goad to political change: stimulus, incentive, encouragement, stimulant, stimulation, inducement, fillip, impetus, impulse, spur, prod, prompt; incitement; motive, motivation; informal kick in the pants, kick up the backside, shot in the arm. ▶verb the government was finally goaded into action: provoke, spur, prick, sting, prod, egg on, hound, badger, incite, rouse, stir, move, stimulate, motivate, excite, inflame, work /fire up, impel, pressure, pressurize, dragoon, prompt, induce, encourage, urge, inspire.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

goad

goad /ɡoʊd /名詞 C 1 (人を駆り立てる )刺激 (物 )(spur ).2 (家畜を追うための先のとがった )突き棒 .動詞 他動詞 1 〈家畜など 〉を突き棒で突く [追い立てる ].2 〈人 〉を刺激する, 駆り立てる ; 〖～ A to do /into doing 〗A 〈人 〉を刺激して [駆り立てて ]…させる ▸ goad A to steal [into stealing ]A 〈人 〉をそそのかして盗みをさせる