goat

See also: Goat, GOAT, G. O. A. T., G.O.A.T., and go at

English

Domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Etymology

From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊt/, [ɡoʊʔt̚]
(Scotland, Canada, North-East England) IPA^(key): /ɡoːt/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʉt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊt

Noun

goat (plural goats)

A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
1. (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.
  Ugh, we're having goat for dinner again.
(slang) A lecherous man.
(informal) A scapegoat.
- 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
  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.
- 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas
  Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.
(slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
(speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
- 2008, Ned B. Ricks, Trusting Appearances: Things Are Not Always as They Seem, page 259:
  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.”
- 2013, Larry Pointer, In Search of Butch Cassidy:
  ...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in.
- 2013, Frank Norris, The Octopus:
  “If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?”
(roller derby) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
(acronym) Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“Greatest of All Time”)

Synonyms

(lecherous man): See also Thesaurus:libertine
(scapegoat): See also Thesaurus:scapegoat

Holonyms

(group of goats): tribe, herd

Derived terms

act the goat
antigoat
bezoar goat
billy goat
get someone's goat
gnu goat
goat antelope
goat boat
goatburger
goat cheese
goatee
goaten
goat fig
goatfish
goatflesh
goatfuck
goatfucker
goatgrass
goathair
goatherd
goatherder
goathood
goathouse
goatish
goatless
goatlike
goatling
goatly
goatmeat
goatmilk
goat moth
goatpox
goatproof
goat rodeo
goat rope
goat's-beard
goat's cheese
goatse
goat shit
goatskin
goat's milk cheese
goat's rue
goatsucker
goatweed
goat willow
goaty
he-goat
horny goat weed
Jemlah goat
Judas goat
mountain goat
nanny goat
Saanen goat
scapegoat
shawl goat
she-goat
son of a motherless goat
spider goat

Descendants

→ Abenaki: kots (from "goats")
→ Marshallese: koot
→ Rotokas: goti
→ Tongan: koti, kosi
- → Samoan: ʻoti
  - → Rotuman: ʻoti
  - → Tokelauan: oti

Translations

animal

Abkhaz: аџьма (adžma) (female), аџьмаб (adžmab) (male)
Acehnese: kamèng
Adyghe: пчэны (pčenə)
Afrikaans: bok (af)
Aghwan: 𐕛𐔴𐔾 (vel)
Akan: abirekyie
Akkadian: 𒍚 (enzu)
Albanian: dhi (sq) f
Alviri-Vidari: (Vidari) بیز‎ (biz)
Amharic: ፍየል (am) (fəyäl)
Arabic: مَاعِز‎ m (māʿiz), عَنْزَة‎ f (ʿanza)
Egyptian Arabic: معز‎ m (maʕz) (collective), معزة‎ f (maʕza) (singulative)
Iraqi Arabic: سخل‎ f (saχel)
Lebanese Arabic: عنزة‎ f (ʿanze)
Moroccan Arabic: عتروس‎ f (ʿatrous)
Aragonese: craba (an) f, crapa (an) f
Armenian: այծ (hy) (ayc), (male) նոխազ (hy) (noxaz), քոշ (hy) (kʿoš), քաղ (hy) (kʿał)
Old Armenian: այծ (ayc), (male) նոխազ (noxaz), քօշ (kʿōš), քաղ (kʿał)
Aromanian: caprã f
Assamese: ছাগলী (sagoli), ছাগল m (sagol)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܸܙܵܐ‎ m (ʿizza)
Asturian: cabra (ast) f
Atayal: mit qnahi
Avar: цӏцӏе (ccʼe) (female), дегӏен (deʻen) (male)
Azerbaijani: keçi (az), təkə m
Bakhtiari: بز‎ (boz)
Bashkir: кәзә (käzä)
Basque: ahuntz f, aker m
Bats: გაზაჼ (gazã)
Belarusian: каза́ f (kazá) (female), казёл m (kazjól) (male)
Beli: binya (tonality, high, low) kpitɔ binya m (tonality, high, high, high, low)
Bengali: ছাগল (bn) (chagôlô), বকরা (bôkôra)
Bikol Central: kanding (bcl)
Breton: gavr (br) f
Buginese: bembe
Bulgarian: коза́ (bg) f (kozá) (female), козе́л (bg) m (kozél) (male)
Burmese: ဆိတ် (my) (hcit)
Buryat: ямаан (jamaan)
Catalan: cabra (ca) f
Cebuano: kanding
Central Dusun: kambing
Central Melanau: kabieng
Chechen: газа (gaza) (female), бож (bož) (male)
Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏐᏣᏁᏛ (ugasotsanedv)
Cheyenne: mé'hahtsékósa
Chichewa: mbuzi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 山羊 (saan¹ joeng⁴)
Hakka: 山羊 (sân-yòng)
Mandarin: 羊 (zh) (yáng), 山羊 (zh) (shānyáng)
Min Nan: 山羊 (zh-min-nan) (soaⁿ-iûⁿ)
Chuvash: качака (kač̬ak̬a)
Cimbrian: please add this translation if you can
Cornish: gaver f
Corsican: capra (co) f
Crimean Tatar: eçki
Czech: koza (cs) f (female), kozel (cs) m (male)
Danish: ged (da) c
Daur: ima
Dutch: geit (nl) f, bok (nl) m
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
Elfdalian: djiet c
Emilian: chèvra f
Erzya: сея (seja)
Esperanto: kapro
Estonian: kits (et)
Evenki: каир (kajir)
Ewe: gbɔ̃ n
Farefare: bʋa
Faroese: geit f
Finnish: vuohi (fi)
Franco-Provençal: cabra f, chèvra f
French: chèvre (fr) f, bouc (fr) m, bique (fr) f
Friulian: cjavre f, čhavre f
Galician: cabra (gl) f, godalla f, xena f, cabuxa f
Georgian: თხა (txa), (one year old) ქოშიკი (košiḳi)
German: Ziege (de) f, Geiß (de) f, Bock (de) m
Alemannic German: Geiss f
Bavarian: Goaß f
Middle High German: geiz f, zige f
Old High German: geiz f, ziga f
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits)
Greek: κατσίκα (el) f (katsíka), γίδα (el) f (gída), γίδι (el) n (gídi)
Ancient: τράγος m (trágos), αἴξ m or f (aíx)
Greenlandic: savaasaq
Guaraní: kavara
Guerrero Amuzgo: kínch'ió
Gujarati: બકરી (gu) f (bakrī)
Haitian Creole: kabrit
Hausa: bunsuru
Hebrew: עֵז‎ (he) f (ez)
Hindi: बकरी (hi) f (bakrī)
Hungarian: kecske (hu)
Icelandic: geit (is) f
Ido: kapro (io)
Indonesian: kambing (id)
Ingush: газа (gaza)
Interlingua: capra
Irish: gabhar (ga) m
Old Irish: gabor m
Istriot: càvara f
Italian: capra (it) f
Ivatan: kaddin
Japanese: ヤギ (ja) (yagi), 山羊 (ja) (やぎ, yagi)
Javanese: wedhus (jv)
Jingpho: bainam
Kabardian: бжэн (bžen)
Kalmyk: яман (yaman)
Kannada: ಮೇಕೆ (kn) (mēke)
Karelian: čiba
Kapampangan: kambing
Kashmiri: ژھاوُل‎ (ks) m (ċhāvul), ژھاوٕج‎ (ks) f (ċhāvụj)
Kashubian: kòza f
Kazakh: ешкі (kk) (eşkı), теке (teke)
Khalaj: göčü
Khmer: ពពែ (km) (pɔpɛɛ), សត្វពពែ (sat pɔpɛɛ)
Kikuyu: mbũri, harika (female and not having born a kid)
Komi-Permyak: кӧза (köza)
Kongo: nkombo
Korean: 염소 (ko) (yeomso), 산양(山羊) (sanyang)
Kumyk: эчки (eçki)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بِزِن‎ (ku) (bizin)
Northern Kurdish: bizin (ku)
Kyrgyz: эчки (ky) (eçki)
Ladin: cioura, cëura f (Gherdëina)
Lak: цӏуку (cʼuku), кьяца (qʼaˤca)
Lao: ແບ້ (bǣ)
Latgalian: koza f, uozs m
Latin: caper (la) m, capra f, hircus m
Latvian: kaza (lv) f, āzis (lv) m
Laz: (one year old) ქოშატი (koşaťi)
Ledo Kaili: ^{(please verify)} tovau
Lezgi: цӏегь (c̣eh)
Limburgish: geit (li) m or f
Lingala: ntaba class 9/10
Lithuanian: ožka (lt) f, ožys (lt) m
Lombard: cavra f
Low German: Zeeg f, Zääg f, Seeg f, Sääg f
Dutch Low Saxon: sik (nds) f
Luganda: embuzi
Luxembourgish: Geess (lb) f
Lü: ᦶᦢᧉ (ḃae²)
Macedonian: коза f (koza) (female), јарец m (jarec) (male)
Malagasy: osy (mg)
Malay: kambing (ms)
Malayalam: ആട് (ml) (āṭŭ)
Maltese: mogħża f
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠮᠠᠨ (niman)
Manx: goayr (gv) f
Maori: nanenane, koati
Marathi: बकरी f (bakrī), शेळी (śeḷī)
Mauritian Creole: kabri
Mazanderani: بز‎ (bez)
Mi'kmaq: te'plj anim, te'pulj anim
Middle English: goot
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Moksha: сява (sjava)
Mon: ဗ္ၜေံ (mnw)
Mongolian: ямаа (mn) (jamaa)
Moore: bʋʋga
Mwani: mbuzi
Mòcheno: goas f
Nanai: иман
Nauruan: ekaun
Navajo: tłʼízí
Neapolitan: crapa f
Newar: दुगु (dugu)
Norman: biche f (Jersey), bich f (Sark)
Northern Sami: gáica
Northern Sotho: pudi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: geit (no) f or m
Nynorsk: geit f
Occitan: cabra (oc) f, chabra (oc) f, craba (oc) f
Ojibwe: maanadik
Okinawan: ひーじゃー (hiijaa)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: коза f (koza), козьлъ m (kozĭlŭ)
Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⰸⰰ f (koza)
Old English: gāt f
Old Javanese: kambiṅ, wĕḍus, wiwi
Old Norse: geit f
Oriya: ଛେଳି (or) (cheḷi)
Oromo: re'ee
Ossetian: цӕу (cæw), сӕгъ (sæǧ)
Ottoman Turkish: كچی‎ (keçi), بز‎ (büz)
Pali: aja m
Papiamentu: kabritu
Pashto: وزه‎ f (wozzah)
Persian: بز‎ (fa) (boz)
Piedmontese: crava f
Plautdietsch: Bock (nds) m
Poitevin-Saintongeais: chebre
Polabian: ťözâ f
Polish: koza (pl) f (female), kozioł (pl) m (male)
Portuguese: bode (pt) m, cabra (pt) f
Punjabi: ਬੱਕਰੀ f (bakkarī)
Quechua: kawra
Romani: buzno m, buzni f
Romanian: capră (ro) f, țap (ro) m
Romansch: chaura f (Rumantsch Grischun), caura f (Sursilvan), tgora f (Sutsilvan, Surmiran), chevra f (Puter), chavra f (Vallader)
Russian: коза́ (ru) f (kozá) (female), козёл (ru) m (kozjól) (male)
Rwanda-Rundi: ihene class 9/10 (Rwanda), impene (Rundi)
Saanich: NÁNI
Samoan: o'ti
Samogitian: uožka f
Sanskrit: अजा (sa) f (ajā), अज (sa) m (aja), छाग (sa) m (chāga)
Santali: ᱢᱮᱨᱳᱢ (merom)
Sardinian: craba, becca
Saterland Frisian: Sääge f
Scots: gait
Scottish Gaelic: gobhar (gd) m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀за (female), ја̏рац m (male)
Roman: kòza (sh) (female), jȁrac (sh) m (male)
Seychellois Creole: kabri
Shan: ပႄႉ (shn) (pâ̰ae)
Shona: mbudzi
Sicilian: beccu (scn) m, crapa (scn) f
Sidamo: meʼe
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Silesian: koza f
Sinhalese: ළුළුවා (ḷuḷuwā)
Slovak: koza (sk) f (female), kozel m (male), cap (sk) m (male)
Slovene: koza (sl) f (female), kozel (sl) m (male)
Somali: ri'
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kóza f (female), kózoł m (male)
Upper Sorbian: koza f (female), kоzоł m (male)
Sotho: podi (st)
Southern Bai: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: cabra (es) f, chivo (es) m
Sumerian: 𒍚 (ÙZ)
Sundanese: êmbé
Svan: დაჴჷლ (daqəl)
Swahili: mbuzi (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: get (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠍꠣꠉꠟ (ságol)
Tagalog: kambing (tl)
Tajik: буз (tg) (buz)
Talysh: بز‎ (bəz) (Asalem dialect)
Tamil: வெள்ளாடு (ta) (veḷḷāṭu), ஆடு (ta) (āṭu)
Tatar: кәҗә (tt) (käcä)
Tedim Chin: keel
Telugu: మేక (te) (mēka)
Thai: แพะ (th) (pɛ́)
Tibetan: ར (ra)
Tigrinya: ጤል (ti) (ṭel)
Tswana: podi class 9/10
Tumbuka: mbuzi
Turkish: keçi (tr)
Turkmen: geçi
Tuvan: өшкү (öşkü)
Udi: вел (vel)
Udmurt: кеч (keć)
Ukrainian: коза́ (uk) f (kozá) (female), козе́л (uk) m (kozél) (male), цап (uk) m (cap) (male)
Urdu: بکری‎ f (bakrī)
Uyghur: ئۆچكە‎ (öchke)
Uzbek: echki (uz)
Venetian: cavra (vec) f, càvara (vec) f, càora (vec) f
Vietnamese: dê (vi), con dê
Vilamovian: cejg f
Volapük: kapar (vo)
Walloon: gade (wa) f, tchive (wa) f
Waray-Waray: kanding
Welsh: gafr (cy) f
West Frisian: geit f
Western Cham: ڤبي‎
Wolof: bëy wi (wo)
Xhosa: ibhokhwe class 9/10
Yakut: ньамаан m (ńamaan)
Yiddish: ציג‎ f (tsig), באָק‎ m (bok), צאַפּ‎ m (tsap)
Yoruba: ewúrẹ́
Zazaki: bıze (diq)
Zhuang: yiengz, mbej
Zou: kel
Zulu: imbuzi (zu) class 9/10
ǃXóõ: páli

lecherous man

Bulgarian: пръч (bg) m (prǎč)
Catalan: lleuger (ca) m, lleugera (ca) f
Danish: buk
Finnish: pukki (fi)
Greek: τράγος (el) m (trágos)
Indonesian: bandot (id)
Italian: capra (it) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја̏рац m
Roman: jȁrac (sh) m
Spanish: libidinoso (es) m, libidinosa (es) f
Swedish: kåtbock (sv), bock (sv)
Zazaki: khel

Verb

goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)

(transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
- 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
  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
(transitive) To scapegoat.
- 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001
  John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
(transitive, roller derby) To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

Anagrams

Gøta, TOGA, Toga, atgo, toga

West Frisian

Noun

goat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)

Alternative form of goate