goat – English noun declension

English noun forms of goat

Noun: goat
Singulargoat
Pluralgoats

Sample Sentences

  • The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy. [1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:]
  • Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species. [2025 February 5, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 22:]
  • Hungrily, by firelight, we set to with damper and cold goat washed down by hot tea. [1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 239:]
  • Joshua could not stop himself from scooping more goat on his plate: Paul had cooked it so long that the meat seemed to melt like hot, syrupy candy in his mouth. Joshua remembered goat as a stringy dark meat, but the red spicy mass before him was nothing like he recalled. [2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 157:]
  • Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role. [2008 August 6, “Tigers already miss Jones”, in Royal Oak Daily Tribune, Michigan:]
  • 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas
  • Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.
  • Samaurez said over his shoulder, “In fact, I missed being the class goat by only three places.” Gwen patted his arm, “But, look H-Two, George Pickett was the goat and see how famous he became.” [2008, Ned B. Ricks, Trusting Appearances: Things Are Not Always as They Seem, page 259:]
  • ...Butch was the goat in that deal and innocent of the trap he was placed in. [2013, Larry Pointer, In Search of Butch Cassidy:]
  • “If Osterman wants to play the goat, why should you help him out?” [2013, Frank Norris, The Octopus:]

Etymology

1. Inherited from Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
2. The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat". See: Middle English Nouns 'goot', Middle English Nouns 'goot'.

Verbs referencing "goat"

German Nouns Geiß.