goat

noun

Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.

(uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.

(slang) A lecherous man.

A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.

(informal) A scapegoat.

(slang) A Pontiac GTO car.

(speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.

(roller derby) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

(UK, politics, informal) A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.

The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

(acronym) Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”). [(UK, politics, informal) A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.]

(slang) Acronym of greatest of all time.

Alternative form of GOAT. [(UK, politics, informal) A member of the "government of all the talents" proposed by British prime minister Gordon Brown.]

(possibly obsolete) Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”). [A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.]

verb

(transitive) To allow goats to feed on.

(transitive) To scapegoat.

(transitive, roller derby) To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

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