goad

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡəʊd/
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• General-American: /ɡoʊd/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: goed
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• rhymes with -əʊd
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• CMU ARPABET: G OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)). Doublet of gad and yard; see also xyston.

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِنْخَس (minḵas) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Aramaic: זקתא — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Old Armenian: գաւազան (gawazan) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Aromanian: strimburari — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Belarusian: страка́ла (strakála) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Bulgarian: остен (osten) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Bulgarian: копраля (kopralja) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Catalan: agullada — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Catalan: tocadora — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Catalan: gullada — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Czech: bodec — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Danish: pigkæp — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Dutch: staak — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Finnish: tutkain — pointed stick used to prod animals
• French: aiguillon — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Galician: aguillada — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Galician: aguillón — pointed stick used to prod animals
• German: Stachelstock — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Greek: βουκέντρα (voukéntra) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Ancient Greek: κέντρον (kéntron) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Hebrew: מַלְמַד (malmád) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Hungarian: ösztöke — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Ido: pikobastono — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Indonesian: gancu — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Irish: brod — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Italian: pungolo — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Javanese: gancu — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Kashubian: òsce — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Central Kurdish: نەقیزە (neqîze) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Northern Kurdish: misas — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Latin: stimulus — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Macedonian: остен (osten) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Malay: angkus — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Malayalam: തോട്ടി (tōṭṭi) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Malayalam: അങ്കുശം (aṅkuśaṁ) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Middle English: gode — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Church Slavic: стрѣкало (strěkalo) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Persian: سک (sok) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Polish: oścień — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Romanian: strămurare — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Russian: прут (prut) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Russian: стрека́ло (strekálo) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Sanskrit: अष्ट्रा (aṣṭrā) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Scottish Gaelic: brod — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Serbo-Croatian: badalo — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Spanish: picana — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Spanish: puya — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Spanish: aguijada — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Spanish: aguijadera — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Spanish: terigüela — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Thai: ประตัก (bprà-dtàk) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Thai: ปฏัก (bpà-dtàk) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Turkish: üvendire — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Ottoman Turkish: اوكندره (üğendire, üvendire) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Ottoman Turkish: كوندر (günder, gönder) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Ukrainian: стрека́ло (strekálo) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Ukrainian: стріка́ло (strikálo) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Urdu: آنکس (ānkas) — pointed stick used to prod animals
• Dutch: prikkelen — to prod with a goad
• French: aiguillonner — to prod with a goad
• Galician: aguillar — to prod with a goad
• Galician: aguilloar — to prod with a goad
• Galician: aferretar — to prod with a goad
• German: anstacheln — to prod with a goad
• German: antreiben — to prod with a goad
• Greek: κεντώ (kentó) — to prod with a goad
• Ancient Greek: κεντέω (kentéō) — to prod with a goad
• Hindi: हाँकना (hā̃knā) — to prod with a goad
• Italian: pungolare — to prod with a goad
• Latin: stimulāre — to prod with a goad
• Macedonian: подбуцне (podbucne) — to prod with a goad
• Polish: prowadzić — to prod with a goad
• Russian: подгоня́ть (podgonjátʹ) — to prod with a goad
• Serbo-Croatian: podbosti — to prod with a goad
• Spanish: puyar — to prod with a goad
• Spanish: picar — to prod with a goad
• Spanish: aguijar — to prod with a goad
• Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek) — to prod with a goad
• Bulgarian: подтиквам (podtikvam) — to encourage or stimulate
• Chinese Mandarin: 慫恿 /怂恿 (sǒngyǒng) — to encourage or stimulate
• Chinese Mandarin: 唆使 (suōshǐ) — to encourage or stimulate
• Czech: pobízet — to encourage or stimulate
• Czech: pobídnout — to encourage or stimulate
• Dutch: aanmoedigen — to encourage or stimulate
• Dutch: stimuleren — to encourage or stimulate
• Finnish: kannustaa — to encourage or stimulate
• Galician: afalar — to encourage or stimulate
• German: anspornen — to encourage or stimulate
• German: anstacheln — to encourage or stimulate
• Greek: παροτρύνω (parotrýno) — to encourage or stimulate
• Greek: ενθαρρύνω (entharrýno) — to encourage or stimulate
• Romanian: îndemna — to encourage or stimulate
• Russian: подгоня́ть (podgonjátʹ) — to encourage or stimulate
• Serbo-Croatian: podbosti — to encourage or stimulate
• Spanish: puyar — to encourage or stimulate
• Spanish: incitar — to encourage or stimulate
• Spanish: provocar — to encourage or stimulate
• Spanish: cucar — to encourage or stimulate
• Spanish: cuquear — to encourage or stimulate
• Spanish: acuciar — to encourage or stimulate
• Swedish: sporra — to encourage or stimulate
• Azerbaijani: tırkalamaq — to incite or provoke
• Bulgarian: поощрявам (pooštrjavam) — to incite or provoke
• Bulgarian: подстрекавам (podstrekavam) — to incite or provoke
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑釁 /挑衅 (tiǎoxìn) — to incite or provoke
• Czech: popichovat — to incite or provoke
• Czech: popíchnout — to incite or provoke
• Czech: provokovat — to incite or provoke
• Czech: vyprovokovat — to incite or provoke
• Dutch: provoceren — to incite or provoke
• Dutch: aanzetten — to incite or provoke
• Dutch: aansporen — to incite or provoke
• Finnish: yllyttää — to incite or provoke
• French: provoquer — to incite or provoke
• German: reizen — to incite or provoke
• German: aufreizen — to incite or provoke
• German: anstacheln — to incite or provoke
• Hungarian: felpiszkál — to incite or provoke
• Hungarian: felbujt — to incite or provoke
• Māori: whakaongaonga — to incite or provoke
• Polish: podjudzać — to incite or provoke
• Polish: podjudzić — to incite or provoke
• Portuguese: incitar — to incite or provoke
• Portuguese: provocar — to incite or provoke
• Portuguese: atiçar — to incite or provoke
• Russian: подстрека́ть (podstrekátʹ) — to incite or provoke
• Russian: поощря́ть (pooščrjátʹ) — to incite or provoke
• Russian: подначивать (podnačivatʹ) — to incite or provoke
• Serbo-Croatian: podbosti — to incite or provoke
• Spanish: picar la cresta — to incite or provoke
• Spanish: puyar — to incite or provoke
• Swedish: egga — to incite or provoke
• Swedish: trissa — to incite or provoke
• Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek) — to incite or provoke
• Ottoman Turkish: كوروكلمك (körüklemek) — to incite or provoke