Dictionary Entry
goad
goad is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
- 2transitive verb
To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
- 3noun
a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
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- 4noun
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- 5verb
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
"He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
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- 6verb
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
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- 7verb
urge with or as if with a goad
- 8verb
give heart or courage to
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