All 5 Uses
goad
in
Oedipus the King
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- TEIRESIAS Thou, goading me against my will to speak.†
*goading = provoking or prodding
- TEIRESIAS Didst miss my sense wouldst thou goad me on?†
- Then, lady,—thou shalt hear the very truth—As I drew near the triple-branching roads, A herald met me and a man who sat In a car drawn by colts—as in thy tale—The man in front and the old man himself Threatened to thrust me rudely from the path, Then jostled by the charioteer in wrath I struck him, and the old man, seeing this, Watched till I passed and from his car brought down Full on my head the double-pointed goad.†
- On, on the demon goads.†
goads = provokes or prods
- What demon goaded thee?†
goaded = provoked or prodded
Definitions:
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(1)
(goad) to provoke or annoy someone into doing something—often something unwise
or:
to prod an animal to move, or the stick used to do so - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)