| VERB | emotion | goad, spur | give heart or courage to |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | goad | urge with or as if with a goad | |
| contact | goad, prick | stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick | |
| communication | goad, needle | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism | |
| NOUN | artifact | goad, prod | a pointed instrument that is used to prod / prod into a state of motion |
| communication | goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something |
| Sounds | gow'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abode ... workload: 51 rhymes with owd... | |
| Meaning | A pointed instrument that is used to prod / prod into a state of motion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | prod | |
| Narrower | ankus | An elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook |
| spur, gad | A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | acuciar, aguijonear, aguijón | |
| Verbs | goad | urge with or as if with a goad |
| goad | stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick | |
| Meaning | A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring | |
| Broader | encouragement | The expression of approval and support |
| Spanish | acicate, aguijoneo, aguijón, empujón, espuela, estímulo, exhorto, incentivo, incitación | |
| Catalan | agulló, empenta, esperó, estímul, fible, fibló, incentiu | |
| Verbs | goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism |
| goad | urge with or as if with a goad | |
| goad | give heart or courage to | |
| Meaning | Give heart or courage to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | spur | |
| Broader | encourage | inspire with confidence |
| Spanish | espolear | |
| Nouns | goad | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something |
| Meaning | urge with or as if with a goad. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Narrower | spur | goad / goad with spurs |
| Broader | prod, incite, egg on | urge on |
| Spanish | aguijar, aguijonear, picar | |
| Nouns | goad | a pointed instrument that is used to prod / prod into a state of motion |
| goad, goading | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | |
| Meaning | Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | prick | |
| Broader | stab, jab | stab or pierce |
| Spanish | aguijonear, pinchar | |
| Nouns | goad | a pointed instrument that is used to prod / prod into a state of motion |
| Meaning | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | needle | |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
| Spanish | aguijonear, fastidiar, pinchar, provocar | |
| Catalan | empipar, fastiguejar, fotre | |
| Nouns | goad, goading | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something |
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