All 3 Uses of
goad
in
Oliver Twist
- OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM†
Chpt 6 *
- 'I shall do you a mischief!' interposed the Jew, goaded by these reproaches; 'a mischief worse than that, if you say much more!'†
Chpt 16
- Goaded by shame and dishonour he fled with his children into a remote corner of Wales, changing his very name that his friends might never know of his retreat; and here, no great while afterwards, he was found dead in his bed.†
Chpt 51
Definition:
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(goad) to a human: to provoke or encourage someone to do something -- usually something bad and often provoking in an annoying manner
to an animal: to prod or poke with a pointed stick to make it move