goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊt/
ipa: /ɡəwt/
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: /ɡoʊt/
ipa: [ɡoʊʔt̚]
ipa: [ɡoːt]
ipa: /ɡoːt/
ipa: /ɡəʉt/
ipa: [ɡəʉt]
ipa: [ɡɐʉt]
ipa: /ɡɐʉt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: goats
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".
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
text: Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species.
ref: 2025 February 5, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 22:
glosses: Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
examples: text: Ugh, we're having goat for dinner again.
text: Joshua could not stop himself from scooping more goat on his plate: Paul had cooked it so long that the meat seemed to melt like hot, syrupy candy in his mouth. Joshua remembered goat as a stringy dark meat, but the red spicy mass before him was nothing like he recalled.
ref: 2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 157:
glosses: Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
The meat of the aforementioned animal.
glosses: A lecherous man.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2008 August 6, “Tigers already miss Jones”, in Royal Oak Daily Tribune, Michigan:
text: 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.
glosses: A scapegoat.
glosses: A Pontiac GTO car.
qualifier: speech recognition
glosses: A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
examples: text: 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.”
ref: 2008, Ned B. Ricks, Trusting Appearances: Things Are Not Always as They Seem, page 259:
text: ...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in.
ref: 2013, Larry Pointer, In Search of Butch Cassidy:
text: “If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?”
ref: 2013, Frank Norris, The Octopus:
glosses: A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
qualifier: roller derby
glosses: A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
Derived terms: 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
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
goatflesh
goatfuck
goatfucker
goatgrass
goat grazing problem
goathair
goatherd
goatherder
goathood
goathouse
goatish
goatkeeper
goatkind
goatless
goatlet
goatlike
goatling
goatly
goatmeat
goatmilk
goat moth
goat nut
goatpox
goat problem
goatproof
goat raper
goatrel
goat rodeo
goat-rope
goat rope
goat roper
goat's-beard
goat's cheese
goatse
goatsfoot
goatshair
goat shit
goatskin
goat's milk cheese
goat's rue
goatsucker
goatwalking
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
shoat
son of a motherless goat
spider goat
throat goat
weregoat
white goat
wild goat
yardgoat
yard goat
yellow goat
Related terms: chevon
ewe
herd
hircine
kid
ram
tribe