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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəʊt/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ɡəwt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡoʊt/, [ɡoʊʔt̚]
- (Scotland, Canada, Northumbria) IPA(key): /ɡoːt/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡɐʉt/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊt
Noun
[edit]goat (countable and uncountable, plural goats)
- A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
- (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.
- Ugh, we're having goat for dinner again.
- (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.
- (slang) A lecherous man.
- (informal) A scapegoat.
- 2008 August 6, “Tigers already miss Jones”, in Royal Oak Daily Tribune, Michigan:
- Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.
- 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas
- Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.
- (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
- (speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
- A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
- 2008, Ned B. Ricks, Trusting Appearances: Things Are Not Always as They Seem, page 259:
- Samaurez said over his shoulder, “In fact, I missed being the class goat by only three places.” Gwen patted his arm, “But, look H-Two, George Pickett was the goat and see how famous he became.”
- 2013, Larry Pointer, In Search of Butch Cassidy:
- ...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in.
- 2013, Frank Norris, The Octopus:
- “If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?”
- (roller derby) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
- (acronym) Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“Greatest of All Time”)
Synonyms
[edit]- (lecherous man): See also Thesaurus:libertine
- (scapegoat): See also Thesaurus:scapegoat
Holonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- act the giddy goat
- act the goat
- African pygmy goat
- Alpine goat
- American pygmy goat
- Anglo-Nubian goat
- angora goat
- Angora goat
- antigoat
- bezoar goat
- billy-goat
- billy goat
- billy goat weed
- Boer goat
- bush goat
- escape goat
- fainting goat
- fainting goat syndrome
- Galician goat
- get someone's goat
- get someone's nanny-goat
- get under one's goat
- gnu goat
- goat-antelope
- goat antelope
- goat boat
- goatburger
- goat cheese
- goatee
- goaten
- goat fig
- goat file
- goatfish
- goatflesh
- goatfuck
- goatfucker
- goatgrass
- goat grazing problem
- goathair
- goatherd
- goatherder
- goathood
- goathouse
- goatish
- goatless
- goatlike
- goatling
- goatly
- goatmeat
- goatmilk
- goat moth
- goatpox
- goat problem
- goatproof
- goat raper
- goat rodeo
- goat rope
- goat-rope
- goat roper
- goat's-beard
- goat's cheese
- goatse
- goat shit
- goatskin
- goat's milk cheese
- goat's rue
- goatsucker
- goat water
- goatweed
- goat willow
- goaty
- he-goat
- horny goat weed
- Jemlah goat
- Judas goat
- mountain goat
- mouse-goat
- nanny-goat
- nanny goat
- Nubian goat
- Oberhasli goat
- play the giddy goat
- play the goat
- Saanen goat
- scapegoat
- shawl goat
- she-goat
- son of a motherless goat
- spider goat
- throat goat
- white goat
- wild goat
- yard goat
- yellow goat
Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]animal
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lecherous man
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)
- (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
- 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report, page 51:
- Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
- (transitive) To scapegoat.
- 2001 July 15, “A worthy Rusch to judgment”, in USA Today:
- John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
- (transitive, roller derby) To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
Anagrams
[edit]Namo
[edit]Noun
[edit]goat
References
[edit]- transnewguinea.org, citing McElhanon, KA & Voorhoeve, CL. 1970. The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]goat
West Frisian
[edit]Noun
[edit]goat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)
- Alternative form of goate
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