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
- It didn't surprise Augustus, since Bol had worked for them all those years without saying a word to anybody unless directly goaded into it—usually by Augustus.Chapters 40-41 (88% in)
- Augustus had forgotten how fond she was of goading him.Chapters 87-88 (73% in)
There are no more uses of "goad" in Lonesome Dove.
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