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goat
/ɡoʊt/
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What does goat mean?
noun
- Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
- The meat of these animals.
- (slang) A lecherous man.
More meanings (15)
noun
- (informal) A scapegoat.
- (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
- A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
- A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
- A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
- Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).
- (slang) Acronym of greatest of all time.
- (informal) A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.
- Alternative form of GOAT.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”).
verb
- To allow goats to feed on.
- To scapegoat.
- To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
proper noun
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.
- The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Then came the silvery-hairy-man, who was also the Sayer of the Law, M’ling, and a satyr-like creature of ape and goat.
The squirrel is everywhere, and the goat you can hardly fail to find if you climb any of the high mountains.
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Beyond a few notices of Mexican goat herders, there is on the subject of goats next to nothing readable in American writings.
What should a goat do but ramble down laneways, wander across fields, stray along hedges and stay to rest under shady trees?