goad

[US]/ɡəʊd/
[UK]/ɡoʊd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. isang patpat na may matulis na dulo na ginagamit sa pagmamaneho ng mga baka; pasigla; motibasyon
vt. upang pasiglahin; upang mag-udyok; upang paalisin gamit ang isang matulis na patpat; upang mag-udyok
Word Forms
Past Participlegoaded
Third Person Singulargoads
Past Tensegoaded
Present Participlegoading
Pluralgoads

Example Sentences

to goad someone to do something

upingin ang isang tao na gawin ang isang bagay

They goaded him on to break the window.

Pinag-udyok nila siya na basagin ang bintana.

she was goaded beyond control.

Siya ay napag-udyok lampas sa kontrol.

for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort.

Para sa kanya, ang pagbisita ay isang hamon para sa bagong pagsisikap.

The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd.

Pinag-uudyukan ang mga boksingero ng nagsisigaw na mga manonood.

he goaded her on to more daring revelations.

Pinag-udyok niya siya na maglabas ng mas matapang na mga katotohanan.

They goaded him into entering the pitch dark basement by saying he was a coward.

Pinilit nila siyang pumasok sa madilim na basement sa pamamagitan ng pagsasabi na siya ay duwag.

The play is bound to fail; the plot excites little interest or curiosity. Tostimulate is to excite to activity or to renewed vigor of action as if by spurring or goading:

Tiyak na mabibigo ang dula; kaunti lamang ang nakakaganyak na interes o pagkausyoso sa balangkas. Ang magpasigla ay magpukaw sa aktibidad o sa muling sigasig ng pagkilos na tila sa pamamagitan ng pagpapagal o pag-udyok:

Real-world Examples

" YOU-KNOW-WHO, then! " Harry shouted, goaded past endurance.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Are you trying to goad me, Lachlan?

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

The warm taste of it in his mouth goaded him to greater fierceness.

Source: The Call of the Wild

I goaded you guys into a fight to prove a point.

Source: Modern Family - Season 04

You can goad me all you like, Lynette. I did not come here to fight.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

And maybe it goads you on to do better. But it is very painful I know.

Source: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

But all these things went down before the merciless coldness of her mind and the goad of desperation.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Oh, that fear of his self-abandonment—far worse than my abandonment—how it goaded me!

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

And she knew she was being goaded into this anger deliberately.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

They did a goad job but they hurt him too much.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part 1)

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