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Language: Old English
Origin: gad

goad

2 noun
     
Related topics: Bicycles, Carts, Horses
goad2 [countable]
1 something that forces someone to do something:
The offer of economic aid was a goad to political change.
2TTB a sharp stick for making animals move forward
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