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goat
English
Etymology
From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English g?t, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t/, /???t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?t/, [?o??(t?)], [?o?(?)t?]
- Rhymes: -??t
- (Scotland, Canada, North-East England) IPA(key): /?o?t/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /????t/
Noun
goat (plural goats)
- A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
- (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.
- (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.
- (slang) A lecherous man.
- (informal) A scapegoat.
- 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
- Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.
- 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas
- Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.
- 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
- (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
- (speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
- A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
Synonyms
- (lecherous man): See also Thesaurus:libertine
- (scapegoat): See also Thesaurus:scapegoat
Holonyms
- (group of goats): tribe, herd
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Abenaki: kots (from "goats")
- ? Marshallese: koot
- ? Rotokas: goti
Translations
See also
- chevon
- ewe
- herd
- hircine
- kid
- ram
- tribe
- Appendix:collective nouns objects-G
Verb
goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)
- (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
- 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
- Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
- 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
- (transitive) To scapegoat.
- 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001
- John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
- 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001
Anagrams
- gato, Gøta, Toga, atgo, toga, TOGA
West Frisian
Noun
goat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)
- Alternative form of goate
goat From the web:
- what goat mean
- what goats eat
- what goat stands for
- what goats stay small
- what goats are best for milk
- what goat produces the most milk
mohair
English
Etymology
Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic ????????? (mu?ayyar, “choice”), past participle of ???????? (?ayyara, “to choose”). Form probably influenced by hair. Compare mockado, moire.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m??h??/
Noun
mohair (countable and uncountable, plural mohairs)
- Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
- The long, fine hair of the Angora goat.
- An Angora goat.
Descendants
- ? French: moire (semi-learned), ? mohair
- ? Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), ? moire
- ? Italian: mohair
- ? Japanese: ??? (mohea)
- ? Portuguese: mohair
- ? Russian: ?????? (moxér)
- ? Spanish: mohair
- ? Chinese:
- Mandarin: ???/??? (m?h?imáo)
- Cantonese: ??? (maa5 hoi2 mou4)
Translations
Anagrams
- Mahori, Moriah
French
Noun
mohair m (plural mohairs)
- mohair
Italian
Etymology
From French mohair, itself a borrowing from English mohair, from Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, from Arabic ?????????? (mu?ayyar, “choice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo??r/
Noun
mohair m (uncountable)
- mohair (fiber)
Related terms
- amoerro
- moire
References
- mohair in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Noun
mohair m (uncountable)
- mohair (fine hair of the Angora goat)
Romanian
Etymology
From French mohair.
Noun
mohair n (plural mohairuri)
- mohair
Declension
Spanish
Noun
mohair m (plural mohaires)
- mohair
mohair From the web:
- what mohair made of
- what's mohair come from
- mohair meaning
- what mohair in french
- what is mohair fabric
- what is mohair yarn
- what distinguishes mohair from other wool
- what is mohair wool
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