English Explanatory Dictionary

goat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
  2. The meat of these animals.
  3. A lecherous man.
  4. A scapegoat.
  5. A Pontiac GTO car.
  6. A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
  7. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
  8. A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
verb
  1. To allow goats to feed on.
  2. To scapegoat.
  3. To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”).
noun
  1. Acronym of greatest of all time.
  2. A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.
name
  1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.
  2. The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
noun
  1. Alternative form of GOAT.
noun
  1. Alternative form of GOAT.

Pronunciation

/ɡəʊt/ /ɡəwt/ /ɡoʊt/ [ɡoʊʔt̚] en-us-goat.ogg [ɡoːt] /ɡoːt/ /ɡəʉt/ [ɡəʉt] [ɡɐʉt] /ɡɐʉt/

Word forms

goat goats goating goated G.O.A.T. G. O. A. T. 🐐 𓃵 the Goat

Etymology

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".

Synonyms

Horned Goat

Related words

chevon ewe herd hircine kid ram tribe all-time BOAT of all time WOAT

Derived words

act the giddy goat act the goat African pygmy goat Alpine goat American pygmy goat Anglo-Nubian goat Angora goat antigoat bezoar goat billy goat billy-goat billy goat weed Boer goat buck-goat bush goat escape goat fainting goat fainting goat syndrome fish-goat Galician goat geep get someone's goat get someone's nanny-goat get under one's goat get under someone's goat gnu goat goat-antelope goat antelope goat boat goatburger goatchafer goat cheese goatee goaten Goat Fell goat fig goat file goatfish goat-fish goatflesh goatfuck goatfucker goatgrass goat grazing problem goathair goatherd goatherder goathood goathouse goatish goatkeeper goatkind goatless goatlet goatlike goatling goatly goatmeat goatmilk goat moth
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