Definition of "goad" []

• A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals. (noun)
• An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus. (noun)
• To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick. (verb-transitive)

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• "Now my goad is the accusatory spines of unread books on my shelves."
• "Shira is also known as goad saanja so this flatbread is called saanjori."
• ""I've seen oxen driven, and the man who drove them didn't use reins as they do on horses, though he did have a goad, which is like a whip.""