goad
/GOHD/verbto provoke or annoy someone into action
“Hecklers goaded the champion into an unwise rematch.”
- Synonyms
- prod, spur, provoke
- Antonyms
- dissuade, soothe
- Memory hook
- goad: the cattle prod of provocation.
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