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goat
1[ goht ]
noun
- any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- any of various related animals, as the Rocky Mountain goat.
- Goat, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign Capricorn.
- Also the goat. a scapegoat or victim:
When the police came, he was left behind to be the goat.
- a licentious or lecherous man; lecher.
GOAT
2or G.O.A.T.
[ goht, jee-oh-ey-tee ]
noun
, Informal.
- greatest of all time: (used to describe or refer to a person or thing that is considered to be the best ever in a particular field, category, etc., especially in sports):
If he hadn’t been injured, he would have been the GOAT, but he’s still a top 5 player.
That film is indisputably GOAT—I watch it at least once a year.
Goat
1/ ɡəʊt /
noun
- the Goatthe constellation Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac
goat
2/ ɡəʊt /
noun
- any sure-footed agile bovid mammal of the genus Capra, naturally inhabiting rough stony ground in Europe, Asia, and N Africa, typically having a brown-grey colouring and a beard. Domesticated varieties ( C. hircus ) are reared for milk, meat, and wool caprinehircine
- short for Rocky Mountain goat
- informal.a lecherous man
- a bad or inferior member of any group (esp in the phrase separate the sheep from the goats )
- short for scapegoat
- act the goat or act the giddy goat or play the goat or play the giddy goatto fool around
- get someone's goat slang.to cause annoyance to someone
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Derived Forms
- ˈgoatˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- goat·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of goat1
First recorded before 900; Middle English got, Old English gāt; cognate with Gothic gaits, Old Norse geit, German Geiss; akin to Latin haedus “young goat, kid”
Origin of goat2
First recorded in 1965–70; originally the name of a company founded by Muhammad Ali, who applied the term greatest of all time to himself
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Word History and Origins
Origin of goat1
Old English gāt; related to Old Norse geit, Old High German geiz, Latin haedus kid
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- get someone's goat, Informal. to anger, annoy, or frustrate a person:
His arrogance gets my goat.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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