Goat Definition
gōt
goats
noun
goats
A domesticated ruminant mammal (Capra hircus) having backward curving horns and a beard in the male, raised for its wool, milk, and meat.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Capra) of wild or domesticated bovid ruminants with hollow horns.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A lecherous man.
Webster's New World
A person forced to take the blame or punishment for others; scapegoat.
Webster's New World
verb
To allow goats to feed on.
Wiktionary
To scapegoat.
Wiktionary
idiom
get someone's goat
- to annoy, anger, or irritate someone
Webster's New World
the Goat
- Capricornus, the constellation, or Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Goat
Noun
Singular:
goat
Plural:
goatsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Goat
- get someone's goat
- the Goat
Origin of Goat
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From Middle English gote, goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰaidos, *gʰaidos.
From Wiktionary
Middle English got from Old English gāt
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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