goat

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
2. A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
3. (slang) A lecherous man.
4. (informal) A scapegoat.
5. (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
6. A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
7. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
8. A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
9. Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“Greatest of All Time”)

Verb

1. To allow goats to feed on.
2. To scapegoat.
3. To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

Concepten

geit

🐐

bok

sik

geiten

ayg

Synoniemen

sheep

🐑

billygoat

billy goat

nanny-goat

she-goat

butt

stooge

lamb

🐑

laughingstock

domestic goat

nanny goat

caprine animal

etc.

ram

🐏

male goat

object

ox

🐂

pigeon

rabbit

🐰

scapegoat

target

track

aries

shegoat

goaty

jackalope

buck-goat

bird

🐦

bourn

buck

Capricorn

♑

destination

flock

fool

foot

🦶

hand

✋

he-goat

hircine

hunting ground

kid

🧒

lecher

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡəʊt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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".