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Synonyms for goat

Grammar : Noun
Spell : goht
Phonetic Transcription : goÊŠt

Définition of goat

Origin :
  • Old English gat "she-goat," from Proto-Germanic *gaitaz (cf. Old Saxon get, Old Norse geit, Danish gjed, Middle Dutch gheet, Dutch geit, Old High German geiz, German Geiß, Gothic gaits "goat"), from PIE *ghaidos "young goat," also "play" (cf. Latin hædus "kid").
  • The word for "male goat" in Old English was bucca (see buck (n.)) until late 1300s shift to he-goat, she-goat (Nanny goat is 18c., billy goat 19c.). Meaning "licentious man" is attested from 1670s. To get (someone's) goat is from 1910, perhaps with notion of "to steal a goat mascot from a racehorse," or from French prendre sa chèvre "take one's source of milk."
  • noun hollow-horned mammal
Example sentences :
  • About half-way to the summit, she climbed a rock as if she were a goat, and looked all round her.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • "He's had your goat ever since the meeting opened," grinned the Sharpshooter.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • I saw him outside the "Goat and Bells" when I went to the post last night.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • He 's too fond of the "Goat and Bells," that's what's the matter with him.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Box (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • The goat has horns, and I expect every moment to see the baby gored.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • But it never seems to enter into the goat's head to do anything so aggressive.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • He is the goat of Tragedy, in which there are plenty of falsehoods.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • I say that he went on unflinchingly, and surely no goat could have climbed quicker than he did.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • She felt the goat with her hands, and as she did so her fingers shook.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • The goat came near to him and lifted up its eyes, and he saw its face.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

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