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goad
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Maniac Magee
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- Beyond that, he goaded them toward school any way he could.†
p. 154.5goaded = provoked or prodded
- It hadn't been easy: finding Mars Bar, taking all his lip about cheating on the race, taking some bumps, some shoves, Mars goading him to fight.†
p. 159.5 *goading = provoking or prodding
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)