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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: go - gobbet</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="goa"> goa, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a gazelle of Tibet, having a black tail. </DL> <A NAME="goad"> goad, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a stick or rod for driving cattle that has a point on the end; gad. <DD> 2. something that pricks or wounds like such a stick. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) anything that drives or urges one on; spur; stimulus. Ex. Perhaps we owe the goad of totalitarianism some wry thanks for teaching that artists can rush in where statesmen fear to tread (Saturday Review). <DD>v.t. 1. to prick with a goad or other pointed instrument. Ex. The cowboys goaded some of the slower cows with sticks. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to drive or urge on; act as a goad to; incite. Ex. Hunger goaded him to steal a loaf of bread. (SYN) stimulate, spur, impel. </DL> <A NAME="goaf"> goaf, noun, pl. goaves, goafs.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mining.) <DD> 1. a space from which coal has been worked away. Ex. He could do an accurate gas analysis crouched up in the goaf of a colliery in a dim light (New Scientist). <DD> 2. the refuse left in old workings. Also, gob. </DL> <A NAME="goahead"> go-ahead, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>noun 1. permission to go ahead or begin; signal or authority to proceed. Ex. United Gas Pipe Line Co., Shreveport, got the go-ahead to construct $2,653,210 of facilities in Terrebonne Parish (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. the action of going forward; ambition; spirit. Ex. a student with go-ahead. (SYN) zeal. <DD>adj. 1. disposed to push ahead; enterprising. Ex. Now for a really go-ahead store that keeps the temperature down to zero in its overcoat department (Punch). (SYN) pushing, energetic, progressive. <DD> 2. proceeding straight forward without pause; forthright. </DL> <A NAME="goaheadism"> go-aheadism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) enterprise; initiative. </DL> <A NAME="goal"> goal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the place where a race ends. Ex. The boy who reached the goal first was the winner. <DD> 2. the place to which players try to advance a ball or puck in certain games in order to make a score. Ex. We couldn't keep the ball out of the goal, and the other team scored a point. <DD> 3. the act of advancing or carrying a ball or puck to this place. <DD> 4. an object marking the place of a goal. <DD> 5. a score or number of points won by reaching this place. Ex. The other team beat us by six goals to two. <DD> 6. =goalkeeper. <DD> 7. (Figurative.) a thing for which an effort is made; something desired. Ex. The goal of his ambition was to be a great doctor. Our goal in Asia is similar to our goal in Europe--to maintain U.S. diplomatic and economic participation (New York Times). (SYN) aim, end. </DL> <A NAME="goalcrease"> goal crease,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Lacrosse.) =crease (def. 3b). </DL> <A NAME="goaldirected"> goal-directed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> directed toward a specific and achievable goal; not haphazard. </DL> <A NAME="goaler"> goaler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Canadian.) a goalkeeper. </DL> <A NAME="goalie"> goalie, noun. =goalkeeper.</DL> <A NAME="goalkeeper"> goalkeeper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a player who tries to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or reaching the goal in certain games; goalie; goaltender. </DL> <A NAME="goalkick"> goal kick,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Soccer.) a penalty kick given to the defending team when a member of the offensive team kicks the ball over the end line but not into the goal. </DL> <A NAME="goalless"> goalless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a goal. </DL> <A NAME="goalline"> goal line,<DL COMPACT><DD> a line marking the position of a goal in a game. </DL> <A NAME="goalmouth"> goalmouth, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the space immediately in front of the goal in soccer or hockey; the entrance to a goal. </DL> <A NAME="goalpost"> goal post,<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a pair of posts with a bar across them, forming a goal in football and soccer. </DL> <A NAME="goaltender"> goaltender, noun. =goalkeeper.</DL> <A NAME="goalworthy"> goalworthy, adjective, -thier, -thiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Sports.) sufficient to be rewarded by a goal. Ex. Though he did make one goalworthy effort, [he] was below his best form. </DL> <A NAME="goan"> Goan, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of orhaving to do with Goa. <DD>noun a person born or living in Goa. </DL> <A NAME="goanese"> Goanese, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Goa; Goan. </DL> <A NAME="goanna"> goanna, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of large Australian monitor lizards, especially a species of eastern Australia that attains a length of about six feet. </DL> <A NAME="goapowder"> Goa powder, =araroba.</DL> <A NAME="goaround"> go-around, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a movement around a circular course, as of an aircraft returning to make a second approach to a landing. <DD> b. a journey about a circuit and back to the starting point. <DD> 2. one complete performance, operation of a process, etc. </DL> <A NAME="goat"> goat, noun, pl. goats or (collectively) goat.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of various lively, cud-chewing mammals with hollow horns and usually a beard. Goats are closely related to sheep but are stronger, less timid, and more active than sheep. They are raised in all parts of the world for their milk, flesh, hair, and hides. <DD> 2. any one of certain related mammals, such as the mountain goat. <DD> 3. (Informal.) a person made to take the blame or suffer for the mistakes of others; scapegoat. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) a licentious man. expr. get one's goat, (Informal.) to make one angry or annoyed; tease a person. Ex. Julian got his goat with his opinions on art, which were totally uninformed (Philip Roth). adj. goatlike. </DL> <A NAME="goat"> Goat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a constellation and the tenth sign of the zodiac; Capricorn. </DL> <A NAME="goatantelope"> goat antelope,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several goatlike antelopes, such as the chamois, goral, serow, and Rocky Mountain goat. </DL> <A NAME="goatee"> goatee, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pointed, trimmed beard on a man's chin. It looks like the beard of a he-goat. </DL> <A NAME="goateed"> goateed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a goatee. </DL> <A NAME="goatfish"> goatfish, noun, pl. -fishes or (collectively) -fish.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various mullets of the West Indies, with barbels at the chin. </DL> <A NAME="goatgod"> goat god,<DL COMPACT><DD> the god Pan. </DL> <A NAME="goatgrass"> goat grass,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wild grass that often grows around the edges of wheat fields in the Mediterranean region. It has become introduced in the United States as a troublesome weed. </DL> <A NAME="goatherd"> goatherd, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who tends goats. </DL> <A NAME="goatish"> goatish, adjective. =lustful.adv. goatishly. noun goatishness. </DL> <A NAME="goatmoth"> goat moth, =carpenter moth.</DL> <A NAME="goat"> goat or goat's pepper,<DL COMPACT><DD> the chili plant. </DL> <A NAME="goatsbeard"> goatsbeard, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =salsify. <DD> 2. a kind of spirea bearing long spikes of small, white flowers. </DL> <A NAME="goatskin"> goatskin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the skin of a goat. <DD> 2. leather made from it. <DD> 3. a container made from this leather, used especially for holding wine. </DL> <A NAME="goatsrue"> goat's-rue, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> either of two herbs of the pea family, a European plant or an American plant, formerly used in medicine. </DL> <A NAME="goatsucker"> goatsucker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of birds having large, flat heads, wide mouths fringed with stiff bristles, and long wings; nightjar. Whippoorwills and nighthawks are goatsuckers. Goatsuckers fly at dusk or at night and feed on flying insects. </DL> <A NAME="goatweed"> goatweed, noun. =St.-John's-wort.</DL> <A NAME="goaves"> goaves, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of goaf. </DL> <A NAME="goawaybird"> go-away bird,<DL COMPACT><DD> a gray South African crested touraco with a raucous call; go-way bird. </DL> <A NAME="gob"> gob (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a sailor of enlisted rank in the United States Navy. </DL> <A NAME="gob"> gob (2), noun, verb, gobbed, gobbing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>noun a mass or lump. <DD>v.t. to throw a gob or mass of. Ex. The politician, equipped with a trowel and the Fixed Smile, gobs mortar on a cornerstone, or noshes his way along the campaign trail (Time). expr. gobs, (Informal.) a great deal; lots. Ex. There were gobs of colourful oratory ... (Alistair Cooke). </DL> <A NAME="gob"> gob (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the mouth. </DL> <A NAME="gob"> gob (4), noun. =goaf.</DL> <A NAME="gobang"> gobang, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Japanese game played by two players on a board marked with intersecting lines and using black and white stones, each player trying to get five of his stones in a row before his opponent does. </DL> <A NAME="gobbet"> gobbet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a lump; mass. <DD> 2. a portion or piece, such as one of raw meat or fat. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a morsel or tidbit of anything. Ex. Your reporters have been working round the clock to winkle out every succulent gobbet of news for the furtherance of truth (Punch). </DL> <A HREF="gobble.dic">NEXT</A>