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goads

goads is the plural of goad.

goads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of goad.

Meaning of goad

Noun

goad (plural goads)

  1. A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
    • the daily goad urging him to the daily toil1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green...
  2. (figuratively) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
    • I might have been an unfortunate little bull in a Spanish arena, I got so smartingly touched up by these moral goads.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter IV, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 51

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Proper noun capitalized: Goads

Goads

  1. (plural) plural of Goad

Phrases with goads

Words that rhyme with goads

Questions about goads

What is goads the plural of?
Goads is the plural of goad.
What part of speech is goads?
Goads is a proper noun.

Words near goads in the dictionary

  1. goadingly
  2. goadings
  3. goadlike
  4. goadman
  5. goadmen
  6. goads
  7. goadsman
  8. goadsmen
  9. goadsporin
  10. goadster
  11. goadsters

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