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BNC: 5117 COCA: 4674

goat

goat /ˈgoʊt/ noun
plural goats
goat
/ˈgoʊt/
noun
plural goats
Learner's definition of GOAT
[count] : a small animal that is related to the sheep山羊
the goat US : a person who is blamed for a loss or failure替罪羊;(被指责造成失利或失败的)罪人

get your goat

informal
◊ If something gets your goat, it upsets you or irritates you.使烦恼;使恼怒

old goat

informal
used as an insulting way to refer to an old man老色鬼

separate the sheep from the goats

see 1separate
BNC: 5117 COCA: 4674

goat

1 of 2

noun

plural goats
1
a
or plural goat : any of various hollow-horned ruminant mammals (especially of the genus Capra) related to the sheep but of lighter build and with backwardly arching horns, a short tail, and usually straight hair
especially : one (Capra hircus) long domesticated for its milk, wool, and flesh
b
capitalized : capricorn
2
: a licentious man : lecher
3
goatish adjective
goatlike adjective

GOAT

2 of 2

abbreviation or noun

variants or less commonly G.O.A.T.
plural GOATs also G.O.A.T.s
: the greatest of all time : the most accomplished and successful individual in the history of a particular sport or category of performance or activity
As much fun as it is to debate who is the greatest in NBA history, it's pointless, a question for which there can be no definitive answer …. The list of players who could be considered the GOAT is long, and each one is worthy in his own right. Nancy Armour
There's no denying what Aaron Rodgers has done in his career, but to say Rodgers is the GOAT is a big statement considering what Tom Brady has accomplished. Pro Football Weekly
Former President (and arguably the GOAT of post-presidency careers) Jimmy Carter is leasing 10 acres of his Georgia peanut farm to SolAmerica to create a 1.3MW solar array. Walter Einenkel
If championships alone are the measuring stick, then Michael [Jordan] is probably going to remain the popular choice as the GOAT. But if I can go on aesthetics alone, I know I'd rather watch LeBron [James]. Bob Ryan

Example Sentences

Noun In the last inning, a home run can make you the hero, and a strikeout can make you the goat. an unhappy childhood was the goat he used to rationalize every failure and shortcoming
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The court issued a warrant for the search and seizure of the goat on July 8. Michele Chandler, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 No one has filed an official grievance over the result, either, department spokeswoman Olga Robak said, though there has been an unrelated dispute in the fair’s goat-shearing contest. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2022 Venus has been in hardworking Capricorn since November — an extra-long time, thanks to this year's Venus retrograde pulling the Planet of Love back into the sign of the sea goat. Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2022 Whoever came up with that idea was the wrong kind of goat. Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022 The goat’s an animal that lives in austerity, that survives in the wild and has those half-human eyes that look at you from another place. Holly Jones, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022 Fournette, 27, celebrated the G.O.A.T.'s 45th birthday one day early by gifting Brady with a cake shaped like — what else — a goat! Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022 Raziel shifts between multiple animal shapes, including a goat, an ostrich, and a tiger. K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 27 July 2022 In Leviticus, the Israelites ritually placed all of their sins onto the head of a living goat, which was sent into the wilderness to carry the people’s transgressions to a desolate land. Katherine Kam, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English gote, from Old English gāt; akin to Old High German geiz goat, Old Norse geit, Latin haedus kid

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Abbreviation Or Noun

1996, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of goat was before the 12th century
BNC: 5117 COCA: 4674
goat

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF GOATS | VERB + GOAT | GOAT + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbilly, male公山羊female, nanny母山羊wild野山羊mountain石山羊... OF GOATSflock, herd一群山羊VERB + GOATkeep飼養山羊milk擠山羊奶tether拴山羊Tethered goats grazed among the apple trees.拴着的山羊在蘋果林裏吃草。GOAT + VERBbleat山羊咩咩叫graze山羊吃草wander山羊走失PHRASESgoat's cheese, goat's milk山羊奶酪;山羊奶

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