1. goad - Noun
2. goad - Verb
3. Goad - Proper noun
A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMy goal is to goad people into saying something that ruins their life. Don Imus
Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. Lucretius
If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able to goad our wage-earners to this pitch of frenzy. Upton Sinclair
If you strike a goad with your fist, your hand will suffer most. Latin Proverb
A lazy ox is little the better for the goad. Spanish Proverb
For a stubborn ass a hard goad. French Proverb