goat
15
8.8
- noun
- /ɡoʊt/
- Informal
- And nothing got a bricklayer's goat more than bad mortar.
- hero or goat
Examples
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Don't get me wrong, he was a tough old goat.
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John Frye is just trying to get your goat.
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The other one that gets my goat is the whole "Free Thought" thing.
Blog text (24) -
Probably just some senior trying to get your goat.
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Brother, I think you are a perfect goat.
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"I guess I thought she was trying to get my goat."
Fiction book (1998) -
My brother-in-law looked like he was trying too hard not to smile, which got my goat.
Fiction book (1999) -
"What the hell are you trying to do, get my goat?" he snarled hoarsely.
Fiction book (1998) -
You're making me the goat — the only completely innocent man in this whole affair.
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In the group project, Alex became the goat when he missed the deadline and everyone blamed him.
Synonyms
28
7.9
A person others make fun of or who does what they are told
22
5.5
A person or thing that others make fun of for seeming silly
18
6.3
A person who others make jokes about to laugh at
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
6
2.7
A large white animal with curved horns that walks easily on steep rocky slopes
- Literature
1
9.9
A countryside spirit who looks after fields and sheep with goat legs and horns
- Indian
1
7.3
A goat from the Himalayas with a very soft undercoat used to make fine wool
- Offensive
1
9.9
A ring made of leather and animal hair that you wear around the penis during sex
- UK
1
9.1
A willow tree with many branches, broad leaves, and soft silvery flower clusters that grows in Europe and Asia
- US
1
9.8
A European grass that grows as a weed and has sharp seeds that can injure farm animals that eat it
- Indian
1
7.1
A goat from the Himalayan region that has very soft inner hair used to make cashmere wool
- Specialized
1
8.2
A wild animal like a goat with antelope features that lives in mountains and forests
- Specialized
1
9.9
A tall bushy plant from Europe with blue flowers used in traditional medicine
A wild goat from Iran and nearby areas with large curved horns, seen as the ancestor of farm goats
A zodiac sign for people born between December 22 and January 19, shown as a goat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Goat meaning the person who is blamed comes from the older word scapegoat, an animal that was said to 'take the blame' for a group. So a 'goat' today can mean the one who is picked out, blamed, or made fun of by others.