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GOADING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goading mean? 

GOADING (noun)
  The noun GOADING has 1 sense:

1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt somethingplay

  Familiarity information: GOADING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOADING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

goad; goading; prod; prodding; spur; spurring; urging

Context example:

the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves

Hypernyms ("goading" is a kind of...):

encouragement (the expression of approval and support)

Derivation:

goad (annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism)

goad (urge with or as if with a goad)


 Context examples 


It was sheer frenzy of this sort which made him throw his hands up into the air when his father, at their last interview, was goading him on to propose to Miss Turner.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"It pays to pay attention." (English proverb)

"He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone." (Native American proverb, Seneca)

"Have patience and you'll get what you want." (Arabic proverb)

"Hunger is the best cook." (Czech proverb)



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