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Definition of "goat" []

  • Any of various hollow-horned, bearded ruminant mammals of the genus Capra, originally of mountainous areas of the Old World, especially any of the domesticated forms of C. hircus, raised for wool, milk, and meat. (noun)
  • A lecherous man. (noun)
  • A scapegoat. (noun)
  • See Capricorn. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "goat" in a sentence
  • "Kellan and Nikki are hilarious!!! the whole Rob running like a mountain goat is funny to picture … i keep picturing him running like that episode from “Friends” … when Phoebe takes up jogging with Rachel … lol"
  • "This goat is your goat, this goat is my goat: The Archive"
  • "And more notoriously, my post This goat is your goat, this goat is my goat became goat-goat-goat-goat."