Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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goad \GOHD\, verb:
goad \GOHD\, verb:
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1. To prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite.
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1. To prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite.
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noun:
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1. A stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
2. Anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick.
3. Something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus.
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I'll give it to the B.O., he really knows how to goad the Senators and Representatives into voting for his socialist-Marxist agenda!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Goad starts out in Old English as gad, "spearhead", and takes on a more figurative meaning as "to prod as if with a spear" in the 1600s.
Goad starts out in Old English as gad, "spearhead", and takes on a more figurative meaning as "to prod as if with a spear" in the 1600s.
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