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goad
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)
- A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
- (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)
- To prod with a goad.
- To encourage or stimulate.
- 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)
- God
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harass
English
Etymology
From Old French harasser (“to tire out, to vex”), of obscure origin, perhaps from Old French harer (“to stir up, provoke, set a dog on”) and/or Old French harier (“to harry”); see harry; compare Old French harace (“a basket made of cords”), harace, harasse (“a very heavy and large shield”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: h?r?s?, h??r?s, IPA(key): /h???æs/, /?hæ??s/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h??r?s, h?r?s?, IPA(key): /?hæ??s/, /h???æs/
- Rhymes: -æs
- Rhymes: -ær?s
Verb
harass (third-person singular simple present harasses, present participle harassing, simple past and past participle harassed)
- To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
- To annoy endlessly or systematically.
- Synonyms: beset, chevy, hassle, harry, molest, plague, provoke
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 23[1]
- In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
- To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
Derived terms
- harasser
- harassful
- harassment
Translations
Noun
harass
- (obsolete) devastation; waste
- (obsolete) worry; harassment
- The daily harass, and the fight delay'd
Further reading
- harass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- harass in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- hassar
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