Goat

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

Goat, n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. gāt; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.].

 A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.  [1913 Webster]
" The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame."  [1913 Webster]

Goat antelope (Zoöl), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. -- Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. -- Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] -- Goat moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. -- Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (Capraria biflora). -- Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. -- Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. -- Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). -- Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. -- Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Goat, n.
1 a a hardy lively frisky short-haired domesticated mammal, Capra aegagrus, having horns and (in the male) a beard, and kept for its milk and meat. b either of two similar mammals, the mountain goat and the Spanish goat.
2 any other mammal of the genus Capra, including the ibex.
3 a lecherous man.
4 colloq. a foolish person.
5 (the Goat) the zodiacal sign or constellation Capricorn.
6 US a scapegoat.

Idiom

get a person's goat colloq. irritate a person. goat-antelope any antelope-like member of the goat family, including the chamois and goral. goat-god Pan. goat moth any of various large moths of the family Cossidae. goat's-beard
1 a meadow plant, Tragopogon pratensis.
2 a herbaceous plant, Aruncus dioicus, with long plumes of white flowers.

Derivative

goatish adj. goaty adj.

Etymology

OE gat she-goat f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Goat

Priapus, aphrodisiomaniac, balker, balky horse, billy, billy goat, broad jumper, buck, bucking bronco, buckjumper, butt, byword, byword of reproach, crock, crowbait, derision, dirty old man, doe, doeling, dog, dupe, eroticomaniac, erotomaniac, fair game, fall guy, figure of fun, flea, fool, frog, game, garron, gazelle, gazingstock, grasshopper, gynecomaniac, hack, he-goat, high jumper, hopper, hurdle racer, hurdler, jackrabbit, jade, jest, jestingstock, joke, jughead, jumper, jumping bean, jumping jack, kangaroo, kid, laughingstock, leaper, lecher, mockery, monkey, mountain goat, nag, nanny, nanny goat, old goat, patsy, plug, pole vaulter, roarer, rogue, rosinante, salmon, satyr, scalawag, scapegoat, she-goat, stag, stiff, stock, sunfisher, target, timber topper, toy, vaulter, victim, whipping boy, whistler, whoremaster, whoremonger

ROGET THESAURUS

Goat

Libertine

N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.

Leap

N leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.