goad
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/icons/point.icon MOTIVE, IMPULSE, INCENTIVE, INDUCEMENT, SPUR, GOAD mean a stimulus to action.
MOTIVE implies an emotion or desire operating on the will and causing it to act.
e.g. a motive for the crime
IMPULSE suggests a driving power arising from personal temperament or constitution.
e.g. buying on impulse
INCENTIVE applies to an external influence (such as an expected reward) inciting to action.
e.g. a bonus was offered as an incentive
INDUCEMENT suggests a motive prompted by the deliberate enticements or allurements of another.
e.g. offered a watch as an inducement to subscribe
SPUR applies to a motive that stimulates the faculties or increases energy or ardor.
e.g. fear was a spur to action
GOAD suggests a motive that keeps one going against one's will or desire.
e.g. thought insecurity a goad to worker efficiency
verb with object
1. provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction:
〈人〉をけしかける, 駆り立てる(on); 〈人〉を駆り立てて «…» させる «into doing»
e.g. he goaded her on to more daring revelations.
2. drive or urge (an animal) on with a goad:
〈家畜など〉を突き棒で突く［追い立てる］
e.g. the cowboys goaded their cattle across the meadows.
noun
a spiked stick used for driving cattle.
(家畜を追うための)突き棒
a thing that stimulates someone into action:
〈人〉をけしかける, 駆り立てる(on); 〈人〉を駆り立てて «…» させる «into doing»
e.g. for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort.
ORIGIN
Old English gād, of Germanic origin.