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GOAT

abbr.

greatest of all time

goat

(gōt)

1. A domesticated ruminant mammal (Capra hircus) having backward curving horns and a beard especially in the male, raised for its wool, milk, and meat.

2. Any of various wild ruminant mammals of the genus Capra and related genera, including the ibexes and the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Eurasia.

3. A lecherous man.

4. A person who is blamed for a failure or misfortune, especially a scapegoat.

5. Goat

a. See Capricorn.

b. See Capricornus.

[Middle English got, from Old English gāt.]

goat′ish adj.

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goat

(ɡəʊt)

1. (Animals) 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.

2. (Animals) short for Rocky Mountain goat

3. informal a lecherous man

4. a bad or inferior member of any group (esp in the phrase separate the sheep from the goats)

5. short for scapegoat

6. act the goat act the giddy goat play the goat play the giddy goat to fool around

7. get someone's goat slang to cause annoyance to someone

[Old English gāt; related to Old Norse geit, Old High German geiz, Latin haedus kid]

ˈgoatˌlike adj

Goat

(ɡəʊt)

(Astrology) the Goat the constellation Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac

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goat

(goʊt)

n.

1. any agile, hollow-horned ruminant of the Old World genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to sheep, usu. native to mountainous regions, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.

2. any of various related animals, as the Rocky Mountain goat.

3. (cap.) Capricorn (def 1).

4. a scapegoat or victim.

5. a lecherous man.

Idioms:

get someone's goat, Informal. to anger, annoy, or frustrate a person.

[before 900; Middle English got, Old English gāt, c. Old Saxon gēt, Old High German geiz, Old Norse geit, Gothic gaits; akin to Latin haedus kid]

goat′like`, adj.

goat

(gōt)

Any of various hoofed ruminant mammals related to the sheep and having hollow, curved horns and a beard. Goats are raised in many parts of the world for wool, milk, and meat.

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Noun	1.	goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns caprine animal horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates bovid - hollow-horned ruminants beard - hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals genus Capra, Capra - goats kid - young goat billy goat, he-goat, billy - male goat nanny-goat, she-goat, nanny - female goat Capra hircus, domestic goat - any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool wild goat - undomesticated goat
	2.	goat - a victim of ridicule or pranks laughingstock, stooge, butt April fool - the butt of a prank played on April 1st dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
	3.	Goat - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn Capricorn individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" astrology, star divination - a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
	4.	Goat - the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19 Capricorn the Goat, Capricorn

goat

noun

Related words
adjectives caprine, hircine
male billy, buck
female nanny
young kid, yeanling
collective nouns herd, tribe

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goat

noun

One who is made an object of blame:

scapegoat, whipping boy.

Slang: fall guy, patsy.

Translations

ماعِزمعزة

коза

kozakozel

ged

ZiegeBokkieGeiß

κατσίκα κατσικίσιος κατσικόδρομος τσούρα

kapro

cabra chivo

kits

vuohi

chèvre

koza

kecske

kambing

geit

capra caprino far uscire dai gangheri separare i buoni dai cattivi

やぎ

염소

capercaprahircus

ožka

āziskaza

capră

коза козлиный козлище козлобородость козлоногость

capkoza

kozakozel

kozaкоза

get

แพะ

keçi

козакозелцап

con dê

山羊

goat

[gəʊt]

A. N (gen) → cabra f; (male) → chivo m, macho cabrío m
to get sb's goat → fastidiar or molestar a algn

B. CPD goat cheese, goat's cheese N → queso m de cabra

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goat

[ˈgəʊt] n (= animal) → chèvre fgoat cheese n → fromage m de chèvre

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goat

n → Ziege f; (inf: = silly person) (= man) → Esel m (inf); (= woman) → Ziege f (inf); (= lecher) → Bock m (inf); to act the goat (inf) → herumalbern; to get somebody’s goat (inf) → jdn auf die Palme bringen (inf)

goat

goatfish

n (US) → Meerbarbe f

goatherd

n → Ziegenhirt(in) m(f)

goat’s cheese

n = goat cheese

goatskin

n → Ziegenleder nt

goat’s milk

n → Ziegenmilch f; goat yoghurt → Jog(h)urt m or nt → aus Ziegenmilch

goatsucker

n (US Orn) → Ziegenmelker m, → Nachtschwalbe f

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goat

[gəʊt] n → capra
to act the goat (fam) → fare lo/a stupido/a
to get sb's goat (fam) → far uscire qn dai gangheri

goat

(gəut) noun

an animal of the sheep family, with horns and a long-haired coat.

goat

→ ماعِز koza ged Ziege κατσίκα cabra vuohi chèvre koza capra ヤギ 염소 geit geit koza cabra козел get แพะ keçi con dê 山羊

goat

n. cabra;

___ milk → leche de ___.

References in classic literature ?

I began now to perceive my powder abated considerably; this was a want which it was impossible for me to supply, and I began seriously to consider what I must do when I should have no more powder; that is to say, how I should kill any goats. I had, as is observed in the third year of my being here, kept a young kid, and bred her up tame, and I was in hopes of getting a he-goat; but I could not by any means bring it to pass, till my kid grew an old goat; and as I could never find in my heart to kill her, she died at last of mere age.

But being now in the eleventh year of my residence, and, as I have said, my ammunition growing low, I set myself to study some art to trap and snare the goats, to see whether I could not catch some of them alive; and particularly I wanted a she-goat great with young.

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And it so happened we came by where the seven goats are, and by God and upon my soul, as in my youth I was a goatherd in my own country, as soon as I saw them I felt a longing to be among them for a little, and if I had not given way to it I think I'd have burst.

"And while the good Sancho was amusing himself with the goats," said the duke, "how did Senor Don Quixote amuse himself?"

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"Five goats and a new sleeping mat are scarce enough in exchange for Bukawai's medicine."

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It is over-run with wild goats, that breed there in great numbers and are never disturbed by foot of man; for sportsmen--who as a rule will suffer so much hardship in forest or among mountain precipices--do not go there, nor yet again is it ever ploughed or fed down, but it lies a wilderness untilled and unsown from year to year, and has no living thing upon it but only goats.

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"Another man, Pig-Jaw, began to keep goats. He had heard about it as among the Meat-Eaters, and it was not long before he had many flocks.

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1-26) Muse, tell me about Pan, the dear son of Hermes, with his goat's feet and two horns -- a lover of merry noise.

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"Nothing," she said thoughtfully, "would be so useful to him as a goat."

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What good thing do you bring?' 'I bring nothing, I want something given me.' Gretel presents Hans with a young goat. 'Goodbye, Gretel.' 'Goodbye, Hans.' Hans takes the goat, ties its legs, and puts it in his pocket.

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Let that monster go away and I will soon let you know what is the respective strength of a Goat and a Bull."

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He had seen her, accompanied by her goat, take to the Rue de la Coutellerie; he took the Rue de la Coutellerie.