goat

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any ruminant of the genus Capra.

   • The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.
   • Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species.
2. 2

   A lecherous man.

3. 3

   A scapegoat.

   • 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.
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   1. 4

      A Pontiac GTO car.

   2. 5

      A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system

      A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.

   3. 6

      A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.

      • Samaurez said over his shoulder, “In fact, I missed being the class goat by only three places.” Gwen patted his arm, “But, look H-Two, George Pickett was the goat and see how famous he became.”
      • ...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in.
      • “If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?”
   4. 7

      A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the…

      A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

   5. 8

      To allow goats to feed on.

      • 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
   6. 9

      To scapegoat.

      • John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
   7. 10

      To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

   8. 11

      Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).

   9. 12

      Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”).

      • ... the present new Sluice or Goat (as they call it) at the end of Hamorebeck, at its fall into Boston Haven, taking up the foundation of the old Goat, they met with the roots of Trees, many of them issuing from their several[…]
      • [...] the Trent floods, which override the sluices and goats, and which operate at present as a bar to the improvement of the drainage of the commons; and lately, by authority of parliament, a canal has been made in a similar way[…]
   10. 13

       Acronym of greatest of all time.

       • Messi is the GOAT of football.
   11. 14

       A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon…

       A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.

       • The best talents; of course he was a GOAT.
   12. 15

       The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.

       • The Balance shows redemption’s need; The Scorpion wounds He must endure; The Archer tells His coming sure; The Goat, His death in sacrifice[.]
       • But although the Divine Egg had disappeared in a clap of thunder, he still had the Sign of the Goat.
   13. 16

       The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to…

       The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

   14. 17

       Alternative form of GOAT.

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