different between goad vs ankus

English

Etymology

From Middle English gode, from Old English g?d (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaid? (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *??ey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit ??????? (hinvati), ?????? (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), ???? (heti, “missile, projectile”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
2. (figuratively) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.

Translations

Verb

goad (third-person singular simple present goads, present participle goading, simple past and past participle goaded)

1. To prod with a goad.
2. To encourage or stimulate.
3. To incite or provoke.

Translations

See also

• goat

Anagrams

• Goda, dago, doga

Scots

Etymology

From Old English god, of Germanic origin.

Noun

goad (plural goads)

1. God

English

Alternative forms

• ankhus
• ankush
• ankusha

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (a?kus), from Sanskrit ?????? (a?ku?a).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?.k?s/

Noun

ankus (plural ankuses)

1. The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.
   • 1895, Rudyard Kipling, The King's Ankus

     At last he found something really fascinating laid on the front of a howdah half buried in the coins. It was a three-foot ankus, or elephant-goad—something like a small boathook. The top was one round, shining ruby, and eight inches of the handle below it were studded with rough turquoises close together, giving a most satisfactory grip.

   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 22:

     He reached for the ivory handle of his ankus and turned to the stripling.

Anagrams

• Kansu, Kuans, Kunas, kunas, unask