MEANING
To urge or provoke someone persistently, often through irritation.
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Words that belong together
- goad into action
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He goaded her into a reply.
The taunts goaded the guard.
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Word forms
- Base
- goad
- Past tense
- goaded
- Past participle
- goaded
- Present participle
- goading
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- goad
- Present continuous
- am/is/are goading
- Present perfect
- have/has goaded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been goading
- Past
- goaded
- Past continuous
- was/were goading
- Past perfect
- had goaded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been goading
- Future
- will goad
- Future continuous
- will be goading
- Future perfect
- will have goaded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been goading
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: goad; goads; goaded; goaded; goading Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: goads.
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