2 uses
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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
- She liked to goad me into chasing her.Chapter 25 — Summer (34% in)
goad = tease or provoke (into doing something)
- I didn't have to be goaded the time she leaned out of the window above me and dropped a raw turnip on my head.Chapter 25 — Summer (37% in)
There are no more uses of "goad" in Milkweed.
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