goad | (noun) a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion | Synonyms: prod |
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(noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging |
goading | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging |
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goal | (noun) a successful attempt at scoring | - |
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(noun) game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points | - |
(noun) the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | Synonyms: end |
(noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) | Synonyms: destination, finish |
goalie | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper |
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(noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder |
goalkeeper | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalie, goaltender, netkeeper |
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(noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder |
goalmouth | (noun) (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal | - |
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goalpost | (noun) one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | - |
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goaltender | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, netkeeper |
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(noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, netkeeper, netminder |
goat | (noun) any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns | Synonyms: caprine animal |
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(noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, laughingstock, stooge |
goatee | (noun) a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard | - |
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goatfish | (noun) brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels | Synonyms: Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet |
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goatherd | (noun) a person who tends a flock of goats | Synonyms: goat herder |
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goatsbeard | (noun) weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis |
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goatsfoot | (noun) short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers | Synonyms: goat's foot, Oxalis caprina |
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goatskin | (noun) the hide of a goat | - |
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goatsucker | (noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | Synonyms: caprimulgid, nightjar |
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