GOADING

goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring

(noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; “the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

goading

present participle of goad

Noun

goading (plural goadings)

The act by which somebody is goaded.

Source: Wiktionary

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GOAD

Goad, n. Etym: [AS. gad; perh. akin to AS. gar a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.]

Definition: A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay.

Goad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.]

Definition: To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. That temptation that doth goad us on. Shak.

Syn.

– To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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