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Definition
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 with a pointed stick to make it move
to an animal: to prod with a pointed stick to make it move
- It was sheer frenzy of this sort which made him throw his hands up into the air when his father, at their last interview, was goading him on to propose to Miss Turner.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (54% in)
There are no more uses of "goad" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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