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Noun goading has 1 sense
- goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
--1 is a kind of encouragement
Verb goad has 4 senses
- spur, goad - give heart or courage to
--1 is one way to encourage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- goad - urge with or as if with a goad
--2 is one way to prod, incite, egg on
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- goad, prick - prod or urge as if with a log stick
--3 is one way to stab, jab
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- needle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
--4 is one way to harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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