goat.
Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
Meaning & usage
Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
Any ruminant of the genus Capra. The meat of these animals.
A lecherous man.
A scapegoat.
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.
Where this word comes from
Inherited 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".
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.
Where this word comes from
Inherited 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".
Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).
Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”).
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