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GOAT

GOAT

3 8.1
A person many people think is the best ever in a field like sports or music
  • noun
  • /ɡoʊt/
  • Slang
: el mejor de todos los tiempos
  • It's not new news, but Killian firmly established himself as the all time GOAT by winning UTMB.
  • describe as the GOAT
  • GOAT, the greatest

It's the it's the, it's the GOAT proper.

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Examples

  • Ali book that yeah, the GOAT, the greatest of all time.

  • Bro, Kobe Bryant was the greatest of all time, AKA the GOAT.

  • Tennis is today in much better shape only because of the GOAT.

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  • Isn't the GOAT the greatest of all time, though?

  • If you want to see the GOAT of battle rap, look up Eli Porter.

  • Maybe I'm just biased, because I think Lupe is the GOAT, hands down.

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  • This is a letter from the GOAT of all goats, Godfather Puff Diddy.

  • Everyone agrees that Serena Williams is the GOAT of women's tennis.

  • In the world of hip-hop, many fans regard Tupac as the GOAT for his impactful lyrics.

  • The debate about who is the GOAT in basketball often centers around Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

Synonyms

goat
vsGOAT
  • Slang
1 8.1

A person many people call the greatest of all time in a sport or area

is identical in meaning but appears written in all capital letters

Antonyms

nobody
  • Offensive
107 2.4

A person who is not important or well known

Idioms

8 8.4

To annoy someone or make them angry

9.9

A rude insult people use as a joke or to hurt someone

Compounds

29 2.3

A soft food made from goat milk, often tangy and creamy

6 1.0

An adult male farm animal with horns and a beard

6 2.7

A large white animal with curved horns that walks easily on steep rocky slopes

4 3.2

A person who looks after and moves goats as a job

1 1.8

A goat that lives in the wild and is not kept by people

1 2.8

A female farm animal with horns and a beard that eats plants and gives milk

1 2.8

A female goat

1 3.9

A male farm animal with horns and a beard kept for milk or meat

1 4.0

A goat with long, soft hair raised for mohair

goat god
  • Literature
1 9.9

A countryside spirit who looks after fields and sheep with goat legs and horns

Cashmere goat
  • Indian
1 7.3

A goat from the Himalayas with a very soft undercoat used to make fine wool

Goat Eye
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A ring made of leather and animal hair that you wear around the penis during sex

A farm animal kept for milk, meat, or wool

1 9.1

A willow tree with many branches, broad leaves, and soft silvery flower clusters that grows in Europe and Asia

A large white mountain goat that lives on steep rocky cliffs

1 9.8

A European grass that grows as a weed and has sharp seeds that can injure farm animals that eat it

Kashmir goat
  • Indian
1 7.1

A goat from the Himalayan region that has very soft inner hair used to make cashmere wool

goat antelope
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A wild animal like a goat with antelope features that lives in mountains and forests

goat rue
  • 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

A large, strong animal with long horns that moves quickly through woods

gnu goat
  • Indian
9.9

A large goat-like animal that lives on rocky slopes in the eastern Himalayas

How Great

GOAT
  • Slang
3 8.1
legend
323 3.5
icon
11 3.9
star
∞ 1.1
talent
362 2.8

Surface Forms

GOAT singular
GOATs plural

Morphology

GOAT = G + O + A + T

This slang sense is an acronym from the initials of 'greatest of all time', so the letters themselves do not transparently let most learners derive the meaning.

Etymology

GOAT comes from the letters G.O.A.T., short for 'Greatest Of All Time', and it started as slang in sports and music. So when fans call someone the GOAT, they mean that person is the very best ever in that field.