goat

See also: Goat, GOAT, G. O. A. T., G.O.A.T., and go at

English

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Etymology 1

Domestic goat (Capra hircus)
Nubian ibex (Capra nubianaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Capra%20nubiana)

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#GOATCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#GOAT goot, got, gat, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#GOATCategory:English terms derived from Old English#GOAT gāt, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#GOATCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#GOAT *gait, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#GOATCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#GOAT *gaits, from a substrateCategory:English terms derived from substrate languages#GOAT language.

The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".

Noun

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goat (countable and uncountable, plural goats)Category:English lemmas#GOATCategory:English nouns#GOATCategory:English uncountable nouns#GOATCategory:English countable nouns#GOATCategory:English countable nouns#GOATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
    • 1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
    • 2025 February 5, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 22:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
    1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#GOAT) The meat of these animals.
  2. (slangCategory:English slang#GOAT) A lecherous man.
  3. (informalCategory:English informal terms#GOAT) A scapegoat.
    • 2008 August 6, “Tigers already miss Jones”, in Royal Oak Daily Tribune, Michigan:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
      Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
    • 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.
  4. (slangCategory:English slang#GOAT) A Pontiac GTO car.
  5. (speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
  6. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
    • 2008, Ned B. Ricks, Trusting Appearances: Things Are Not Always as They Seem, page 259:
      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.”
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
    • 2013, Larry Pointer, In Search of Butch Cassidy:
      ...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
    • 2013, Frank Norris, The Octopus:
      “If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
  7. (roller derbyCategory:en:Roller derby#GOAT) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
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Verb

goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)Category:English lemmas#GOATCategory:English verbs#GOATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GOAT) To allow goats to feed on.
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GOAT) To scapegoat.
  3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#GOAT, roller derbyCategory:en:Roller derby#GOAT) To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

Etymology 2

Noun

goat (plural goats)Category:English lemmas#GOATCategory:English nouns#GOATCategory:English countable nouns#GOATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. (acronymCategory:English acronyms#GOAT) Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (greatest of all time).

Etymology 3

Noun

goat (plural goats)Category:English lemmas#GOATCategory:English nouns#GOATCategory:English countable nouns#GOATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. (possibly obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#GOAT) Alternative form of gote (sluice, waterway).
    • 1704, John Martyn (Londres), James Allestry (Londres), Henry Oldenburg, Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labors of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, page 1159:
      ... the present new Sluice or Goat (as they call it) at the end of Hamorebeck, at its fall into Boston Haven, taking up the foundation of the old Goat, they met with the roots of Trees, many of them issuing from their several []
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
    • 1811, William Marshall, The Review and Abstract of the County Reports to the Board of Agriculture, page 34:
      [...] the Trent floods, which override the sluices and goats, and which operate at present as a bar to the improvement of the drainage of the commons; and lately, by authority of parliament, a canal has been made in a similar way []
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT
    • 1882, James Sandby Padley, The Fens and Floods of Mid-Lincolnshire: With a Description of the River Witham, in Its Neglected State Before 1762, and Its Improvements Up to 1825. With Maps, Plans, &c, page 19:
      [] For the Sands from the Mouth of the Sluices and Goats would be carried off and the Haven so deep that their Commons and Low Fens will be will be drain'd in wet Seasons, and always be Supplied with fresh water above the Lock for the use and benefit of the Commons.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GOAT

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Category:English contranyms#GOAT Category:en:Goats#GOAT

Namo

Noun

goatCategory:Namo lemmas#GOATCategory:Namo nouns#GOATCategory:Namo entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. bone

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing McElhanon, KA & Voorhoeve, CL. 1970. The Trans-New Guinea Phylum: Explorations in deep-level genetic relationships. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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Scots

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goatCategory:Scots non-lemma forms#GOATCategory:Scots verb forms#GOATCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. simple past of get
  2. past participle of getCategory:Scots past participles#GOAT

Swedish

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goatCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#GOATCategory:Swedish verb forms#GOATCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. supine of goa

West Frisian

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goat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)Category:West Frisian lemmas#GOATCategory:West Frisian nouns#GOATCategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#GOATCategory:West Frisian common-gender nouns#GOATCategory:Pages with entries#GOATCategory:Pages with 5 entries#GOAT

  1. alternative form of goate
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