goat (g t)n. 1. Any of various hollow-horned, bearded ruminant mammals of the genus Capra, originally of mountainous areas of the Old World, especially any of the domesticated forms of C. hircus, raised for wool, milk, and meat. 2. A lecherous man. 3. A scapegoat. 4. Goat See Capricorn. [Middle English got, from Old English g  t.]goat  ish adj. |
goat
Noun
1. an agile cud-chewing mammal with hollow horns
2. act the goat Informal to behave in a silly manner
3. get someone's goat Slang to annoy someone [Old English gāt]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight hornshorn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates bovid - hollow-horned ruminants beard - hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals genus Capra, Capra - goats kid - young goat Capra hircus, domestic goat - any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool wild goat - undomesticated goat |
| 2. | goat - a victim of ridicule or pranks April fool - the butt of a prank played on April 1st | |
| 3. |  Goat - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricornindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" astrology, star divination - a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon | |
| 4. | Goat - the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19 |
goat
noun >> adjectives caprine >> male billy, buck >> female nanny >> young kid, yeanling >> collective nouns herd, tribe
Translations
n goat [gəut]
an animal of the sheep family, with horns and a long-haired coat. bok ماعِز коза koza, kozel ged die Ziege κατσίκα cabra kits بز vuohi chèvre, bouc תַּיִש बकरा, बकरी koza kecske kambing geit capra やぎ 염소 ožka kaza; āzis kambing geit geit koza cabra capră; ţap козёл; коза koza koza koza get แพะ keçi 山羊 коза بکری con dê 山羊
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