All 3 Uses of
goad
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- Those who had been frowning now murmured in agreement, but it was the sight of Percy's sanctimonious little nod that goaded Harry into speech.†
Chpt 8 *
- He wanted to talk to Sirius, to tell him he shouldn't listen to a word Snape said, that Snape was goading him deliberately and that the rest of them didn't think Sirius was a coward for doing as Dumbledore told him and remaining in Grimmauld Place.†
Chpt 24
- 'Snape — Snape g — goaded Sirius about staying in the house — he made out Sirius was a coward = 'Sirius was much too old and clever to have allowed such feeble taunts to hurt him,' said Dumbledore.†
Chpt 37
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