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Webster 1913 Edition
Goat
Goat
(gōt)
, Noun.
[OE
goot
, got
, gat
, AS. gāt
; akin to D. geit
, OHG. geiz
, G. geiss
, Icel. geit
, Sw. get
, Dan. ged
, Goth. gaits
, L. haedus
a young goat, kid.] (Zool.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus
Capra
, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus
), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin. ☞ The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (
Capra ægagrus
), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat (Haplocercus montanus
) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame
. Goat antelope
(Zool)
, one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
– Goat fig
(Bot.)
, the wild fig.
– Goat house
. (a)
A place for keeping goats.
(b)
A brothel.
[Obs.]
– Goat moth
(Zool.)
, any moth of the genus
– Cossus
, esp. the large European species (Cossus ligniperda
), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. Goat weed
(Bot.)
, a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
– Capraria
(Capraria biflora
). Goat’s bane
(Bot.)
, a poisonous plant (
– Aconitum Lucoctonum
), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. Goat's foot
(Bot.)
, a kind of wood sorrel (
– Oxalis caprina
) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. Goat's rue
(Bot.)
, a leguminous plant (
– Galega officinalis
of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana
in the United States). Goat's thorn
(Bot.)
, a thorny leguminous plant (
– Astragalus Tragacanthus
), found in the Levant. Goat's wheat
(Bot.)
, the genus
Tragopyrum
(now referred to Atraphaxis
).Webster 1828 Edition
Goat
GOAT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Goat
Goat
English
Proper noun
Goat
- The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
goat
goat
English
Domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
Noun
goat (plural goats)
- A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
- (slang) A lecherous man.
- etymology: from the slang term "horny as a goat"
- (informal) A scapegoat.
- 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
- 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.
- 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.
- 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
- Nickname for the Pontiac GTO
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:libertine
Holonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from goat
Translations
animal
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lecherous man
See also
Verb
goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)
- (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
- 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
- Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
- 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
- (transitive) To scapegoat.
- 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001
- John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
- 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001