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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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hector
English
Etymology
From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hect?r or Ancient Greek ????? (Hékt?r), from ????? (hékt?r, “holding fast”), from ????? (ékhein), present active infinitive of ??? (ékh?, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *se??- (“to hold; to overpower”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?kt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?kt?/
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
- Hyphenation: hec?tor
Noun
hector (plural hectors)
- Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
Translations
Verb
hector (third-person singular simple present hectors, present participle hectoring, simple past and past participle hectored)
- (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
- Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize
- (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
- Synonym: huff
Alternative forms
- hectour (obsolete, rare)
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- hector in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- Not to be confused with hectare.
Anagrams
- Troche, orchet, rochet, rotche, tocher, troche
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