Meaning of goat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. The constellation and zodiacal sign Capricornus.
3. female goat
4. Acronym of greatest of all time.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang
5. Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
   countable, uncountable
6. The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
7. goat (unknown gender)
8. greatest of all time
9. A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.
   UK, informal
10. The meat of the aforementioned animal.
    uncountable
11. girl
12. get someone's goat, Informal. to anger, annoy, or frustrate a person.
13. Any of various hoofed ruminant mammals related to the sheep and having hollow, curved horns and a beard. Goats are raised in many parts of the world for wool, milk, and meat.
14. A scapegoat.
    countable, informal, uncountable
15. One who is made an object of blame:scapegoat, whipping boy.
16. A Pontiac GTO car.
    countable, slang, uncountable
17. an animal of the sheep family, with horns and a long-haired coat. bok ماعِز коза cabra koza, kozel die Ziege ged κατσίκαcabra kits بز vuohi chèvre, boucתיש बकरा, बकरी koza kecske kambing geit capra やぎ 염소 ožka kaza; āzis kambing geitgeitkoza بزه cabra capră; ţap козел; коза koza koza koza get แพะ keçi 山羊 коза بکری con dê 山羊
18. A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
    countable, uncountable
19. cabra;___ milk → leche de ___.
20. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
    countable, uncountable
21. A domesticated ruminant mammal (Capra hircus) having backward curving horns and a beard especially in the male, raised for its wool, milk, and meat.
    (Capra hircus)
22. A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
    countable, uncountable
23. Any of various wild ruminant mammals of the genus Capra and related genera, including the ibexes and the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Eurasia.
    Capra
24. A lecherous man.
25. A person who is blamed for a failure or misfortune, especially a scapegoat.

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Examples

“The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.”

“Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species.”

“Ugh, we're having goat for dinner again.”

“Joshua could not stop himself from scooping more goat on his plate: Paul had cooked it so long that the meat seemed to melt like hot, syrupy candy in his mouth. Joshua remembered goat as a stringy dark meat, but the red spicy mass before him was nothing like he recalled.”

“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.”

“1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas 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.”

“Samaurez said over his shoulder, “In fact, I missed being the class goat by only three places.” Gwen patted his arm, “But, look H-Two, George Pickett was the goat and see how famous he became.””

“...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in.”

““If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?””

“... the present new Sluice or Goat (as they call it) at the end of Hamorebeck, at its fall into Boston Haven, taking up the foundation of the old Goat, they met with the roots of Trees, many of them issuing from their several[…]”

“[...] the Trent floods, which override the sluices and goats, and which operate at present as a bar to the improvement of the drainage of the commons; and lately, by authority of parliament, a canal has been made in a similar way[…]”

“[…] For the Sands from the Mouth of the Sluices and Goats would be carried off and the Haven so deep that their Commons and Low Fens will be will be drain'd in wet Seasons, and always be Supplied with fresh water above the Lock for the use and benefit of the Commons.”

“Messi is the GOAT of football.”

“The best talents; of course he was a GOAT.”

“Lord Jones of Birmingham, aka Digby Jones, the former director general of the CBI, said that in his year in the government as a so-called GOAT (a member of the Government Of All The Talents) he found the civil service to be 'honest, stuffed full of decent people who work hard'.”

“2011, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee, Bernard Jenkin, Smaller Government: Report, Together with Formal Minutes One of the problems with the GOATs was that the parliamentary and political role was undersold to them.”

“The Balance shows redemption’s need; The Scorpion wounds He must endure; The Archer tells His coming sure; The Goat, His death in sacrifice[.]”

“Now, if you went down into the forest where the spring gum-tips gleam gold and ruby in whatever sunshine, Heaven thinks fit to apportion at this season to residents of the Dandenongs (who surely were all born Aquarians) what sign of the Zodiac would you expect to meet? Not Leo the Lion or Capricornus the Goat, though the Italians keep a few Capricorns for cheeses but chain them up. The goats I mean.”

“But although the Divine Egg had disappeared in a clap of thunder, he still had the Sign of the Goat.”

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