Usually means: Provokes or stimulates someone to act.
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  1. goads: Merriam-Webster
  2. goads: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. goads: Wordnik
  5. goads: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Goads, goads: Wiktionary
  7. goads: Dictionary.com
  8. goads: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. goads: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. goads: Medical dictionary

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  2. goads: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Goad)

noun:  A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
noun:  (figurative) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
verb:  To prod with a goad.
verb:  To encourage or stimulate.
verb:  To incite or provoke.
noun:  A surname.
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