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Goat
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- 1 The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.
"The Balance shows redemption’s need; The Scorpion wounds He must endure; The Archer tells His coming sure; The Goat, His death in sacrifice[.]"
- 2 The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- 1 Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra. countable, uncountable
"The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”). alt-of, alternative, obsolete, possibly
"... the present new Sluice or Goat (as they call it) at the end of Hamorebeck, at its fall into Boston Haven, taking up the foundation of the old Goat, they met with the roots of Trees, many of them issuing from their several[…]"
- 4 Acronym of greatest of all time. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang
"Messi is the GOAT of football."
- 5 Alternative form of GOAT. alt-of, alternative
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- 6 Alternative form of GOAT. alt-of, alternative
- 7 any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns wordnet
- 8 Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.; The meat of the aforementioned animal. uncountable
"Ugh, we're having goat for dinner again."
- 9 A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown. UK, informal
"The best talents; of course he was a GOAT."
- 10 (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn wordnet
- 11 A lecherous man. countable, slang, uncountable
- 12 a victim of ridicule or pranks wordnet
- 13 A scapegoat. countable, informal, uncountable
"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."
- 14 A Pontiac GTO car. countable, slang, uncountable
- 15 A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep. countable, uncountable
- 16 A fool, loser, or object of ridicule. countable, uncountable
"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.”"
- 17 A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack. countable, uncountable
- 1 Greatest of all time. slang, sports, 2010s-2020s
"People still call her the goat."
- 1 To allow goats to feed on. transitive
"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"
- 2 To scapegoat. transitive
"John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save"
- 3 To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack. transitive
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".
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".
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grautaz Proto-West Germanic *graut Old English grēat Middle English grete English great Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English greatest Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English of Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Middle English all English all Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English GOAT Abbreviation.
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