goading
present participle ofgoad
goad
verb[T]
uk/ɡəʊd/us/ɡoʊd/goadverb[T](provoke)
to make apersonor ananimalreactor do something bycontinuouslyannoyingorupsettingthem:
Sheseemeddeterminedto goad himintoafight.
Herefusedto be goaded bytheirinsults.
Therunnerwas goadedonby hisdesiretokeepup with theothers.
Agroupofchildrenwere goading(=laughingat orpushing)anotherchildin theschoolplayground.
Urging & persuading
- ambulance-chasing
- argumentation
- be/go on atsomeoneidiom
- blag
- blagger
- chivvy
- fob
- induce
- inveigle
- jolly
- lean
- lean onsomeone/something
- miseducate
- miseducation
- overencourage
- soft sell
- urge
- work onsomething
- wrap
- wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
goadverb[T](TOUCH WITH STICK)
totouchananimalwith the end of apointedobjectinorderto make itangryorencourageit to do something:
Thepicadorgoaded thebullwith aspear.
Dogs were madefuriousby being goaded withsticks.
Pushing and shoving
- bat
- batsomething/someoneaway
- bring
- bringsomeonedown
- bundle
- defenestrate
- dig
- elbow
- goad
- heave
- nudge
- poke
- poke/digsomeonein the ribsidiom
- prod
- propel
- push
- push off
- rib
- shoulder
- upset
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This remained a populist and effective means ofgoadingthe administration.
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There was no slacking on the one hand orgoadingon the other.
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It is interesting to note that ingoadingus to find the answer he was rather short on solutions himself.
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I hope that he will consider the system again to ensure that there is nogoadingone way or the other.
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The whole trend of agriculture under thegoadingdemands of war has been towards increasingly mechanized and scientific methods of production.
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They do not realise the danger ofgoadinghungry men and women to action that might lead to very serious trouble.
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He wasgoadingme after my reference to what happened in 1920.
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It would be interesting to ascertain the limit to suchgoading.
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Tearing ourselves apart in response togoadingfrom the media can do no good to the party, the country or those who are behaving in such a destructive manner.
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When one requires a commission to assess evidence in that way, rather than positively, one is almost inevitablygoadingits members into making a faulty decision.
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If that is true, we are notgoadingthem into a competitive race of armaments, for what we do can have no effect on their policy.
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Not for the first time has a woman been responsible forgoadingthe conscience of society into facing a situation which it ought not to tolerate.
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There is nothing to be proud of ingoadingand hounding young men on to the battlefield and to their death in the name of freedom.
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She is clever and manipulative, usuallygoadingher older sisters into doing her fighting rather than engaging in battle herself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With thatgoading, she ran into history sporting her red dress and heels.
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