goat

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
2. (uncountable) Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) A lecherous man.
4. (countable, informal, uncountable) A scapegoat.
5. (countable, slang, uncountable) A Pontiac GTO car.
6. (countable, uncountable) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
7. (countable, uncountable) A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
8. (countable, uncountable) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

Verb

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

chèvre

🐐

Ziege

🐐

capra

🐐

cabra

geit

🐐

cabra

bouc

κατσίκα

cabra

🐐

chivo

🐐

keçi

🐐

Geiß

🐐

capra

bok

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: goot

Inherited from Old English: gāt

In summary

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".