GOAD (2)

goad (2). Goad, v.t. to prick with a goad, drive, urge, vex

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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.