goading

American  

[goh-ding] / ˈgoʊ dɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of pricking, prodding, driving, or inciting with or as if with a goad.

   After a little goading from the crowd, he grabbed another habanero pepper and ate the whole darn thing.

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adjective

1. pricking or prodding with or as if with a goad; driving or inciting.

   It's precisely this unstable combination of insecurity and superiority that generates a goading need to prove oneself.

Etymology

Origin of goading

First recorded in 1540–50; goad ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; goad ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

Example Sentences

Artists got an idea for a Museum of Contemporary Art off the ground in 1979, goading the wealthy and influential powers that be into action.

From Los Angeles Times

It was as if they were goading Scotland now.

From BBC

The goading and deliberate reduction in food encourages them to fly and helps them lose weight, he says.

From BBC

“What that family suffered is truly, truly horrific and truly unconscionable. The lies that were told, the goading of the family, all of that is absolutely horrendous.”

From Los Angeles Times

We can expect some goading and taunting at the ceremonial way in this evening.

From BBC

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