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goat Definition

goat (gōt)

noun

  1. pl. goats or goat
    1. any of a genus (Capra) of wild or domesticated bovid ruminants with hollow horns
    2. Rocky Mountain goat
  2. a lecherous man
  3. Informal a person forced to take the blame or punishment for others; scapegoat

Etymology: ME gote < OE gat, akin to Du geit, Ger geiss < IE base *ghaido-, he-goat > L haedus, kid goat

goat Idioms

get someone's goat

Informal to annoy, anger, or irritate someone

the Goat

Capricornus, the constellation, or Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac

goat Synonyms

goat

n.

Capra (Latin), nanny goat, billy goat, buck, kid, he-goat, she-goat, billy*. see also animal 2.

Types of goats include: ibex, markhor, bezoar, dzeren, Rocky Mountain, Angora, Cashmere, dwarf, Guinean, Egyptian, Granada, Nubian, Maltese, Nepal, Syrian, Alpine, Toggenburg, Saanen, African pygmy;

get one's goat*

goat Usage Examples

Possessives

  • cheese: For my starter I had the red onion tart with goat's cheese.
  • milk: Goats ' milk also contains similar amounts of lactose to cows ' milk.

Converse of object

  • curry: This consisted of marinated raw fish for starters and curried goat for main course.
  • slaughter: In today's world, women are up there with men, slaughtering the goat and cutting it in to pieces.
  • sacrifice: They could be sacrificing goats for all I know.

Adjective modifier

  • feral: An encounter with a small herd of mostly black feral goats on the final descent rounded off a real day to remember.
  • grilled: Menu S: grilled goat 's cheese salad; king prawns in garlic butter.
  • wild: She is said to take wild goats to the beaches of Skye where they feed on seaweed.

Modifies a noun

  • cheese: Want to know which wine to serve with lemon tart or goats cheese?
  • pox: Use of the restriction enzyme Eco RI was used to distinguish between sheep and goat pox isolates.
  • herder: Chico lived in Morocco until he was 13 where he was a goat herder, and moved to Crawley when he was 14.
  • willow: The shrub layer consists of rowan and holly, with hazel locally frequent and occasional goat willow.
  • milk: Goats milk will give a runnier yogurt than cows milk.
  • herd: Among goat herds 89 % success was reported On poultry farms 92 % success was achieved Among cattle herds success was 100 % .

Noun used with modifier

  • pygmy: Visitors can also see the rare breeds of chickens, cows, pigs and pygmy goats stocked.
  • angora: We stroked angora goats, looked at their wool, and talked about all the different things you can make from wool.
  • billy: Three billy goats, three magic beans, three beautiful sisters, three wicked witches or even three bothered bears.
  • cashmere: Research is conducted on fiber production from cashmere goats and fine wool sheep and on the biology of growth and shedding of fibers.
  • dairy: Miniature dairy goats cause excitement in the caprine world!
  • nanny: Phase 1 involves force-feeding horse tranquilizers to a nanny goat.

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