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Traditional English :: goanna
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goanan.html - n.
Austral. a monitor lizard. [corrupt. of IGUANA] |
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English Idioms :: goal
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goanan.html - See: FIELD GOAL. |
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English Idioms :: goal line
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goanan.html - {n.} A line that marks the goal in a game (as football.) * /The fullback went over the goal line from five yards out./ |
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English Idioms :: goal line stand
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goanan.html - {n.} A strong defensive effort right in front of the goal line. * /A goal line stand by the home team held the visitors on the two-yard line./ |
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English Idioms :: goat
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goanan.html - See: GET ONE'S GOAT. |
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Traditional English :: goad
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goanan.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a spiked stick used for urging cattle forward.
2 anything that torments, incites, or stimulates. --v.tr.
1 urge on with a goad.
2 (usu. foll. by on, into) irritate; stimulate (goaded him into retaliating; goaded me on to win). [OE gad, rel. to Lombard gaida arrowhead f. Gmc] |
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