goading

[ goh-ding ]

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.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of goading¹

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

Example Sentences

They will be on hand to essentially coach contestants along, goading their best performance(s) out of them.

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Indeed, they may play important roles in goading the men to action.

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Which is precisely why Obama is goading the Republicans to do it.

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The threats may be goading Iran to pour greater effort into its nuclear program, to rush toward creating a weapon more quickly.

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You are saved from a grilling, goading, or grounding for some overtly selfish actions.

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And when the realization did come it had the effect of goading them on to more furious effort.

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In spite of his reassuring words, the woman caught the full meaning of the goading sharpness in his voice.

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Trymore and Pringle, goading their horses frantically, were doing their utmost to get away from their vengeful comrades.

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Lass went without any flicking with a switch, or mirthful goading of hard young heels that afternoon.

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I saw through his game of getting satisfaction out of John Paul thro' goading me, and determined he should have his fill of it.

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