Goat vs Road - What's the difference?
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A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus'', and similar species of the genus ''Capra .
(slang) A lecherous man.
* etymology: from the slang term "horny as a goat"
(informal) A scapegoat.
* 2008 , "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
* 1997 , "", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas
Nickname for the Pontiac GTO
To allow goats to feed on.
* 1918 , Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
To scapegoat.
* 2001 , "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today , July 15, 2001
(obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
(obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.8:
(nautical, often, in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor.
* 1630 , , True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p. 38:
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road .}}
* , chapter=1
, title= (figuratively) A path chosen in life or career.
* Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing (1964).
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, tiutle= An underground tunnel in a mine.
(US) A railway; (British) a single railway track.
(obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between goat and road
is that goat is (uk|politics|informal) a member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by british prime minister (gordon brown) while road is (obsolete) the act of riding on horseback.goat
English
Noun
(wikipedia goat) (en noun)- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms
* See alsoHolonyms
* (group of goats) tribe, herdDerived terms
* act the goat * billygoat * get one's goat * goat's breath * goatfish * goatee * goatherd * goatish * goatpox * mountain goat * scapegoatSee also
* chevon * ewe * herd * hircine * kid * ram * tribe *Verb
(en verb)- 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
- John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
Anagrams
* toga 1000 English basic words ----road
English
(wikipedia road)Noun
(en noun)- There dwelt a salvage nation, which did live / Of stealth and spoile, and making nightly rode / Into their neighbours borders […].
- There delivering their fraught, they went to Scandaroone; rather to view what ships was in the Roade , than any thing else [...].
citation
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for.}}
- Where, then, is the road to peace?
Moldova 0-5 England, passage=Hodgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday.}}
- With easy roads he came to Leicester.
