GOAT
Dictionary entry overview: What does Goat mean?
• GOAT (noun)
The noun GOAT has 4 senses:
1. any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
2. a victim of ridicule or pranks
3. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
4. the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
Familiarity information: GOAT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GOAT (noun)
Meaning:
Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
caprine animal; goat
Hypernyms ("goat" is a kind of...):
bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)
Meronyms (parts of "goat"):
horn (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)
beard (hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goat"):
kid (young goat)
billy; billy goat; he-goat (male goat)
nanny; nanny-goat; she-goat (female goat)
Capra hircus; domestic goat (any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool)
wild goat (undomesticated goat)
Holonyms ("goat" is a member of...):
Capra; genus Capra (goats)
Meaning:
A victim of ridicule or pranks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
laughingstock; goat; stooge; butt
Hypernyms ("goat" is a kind of...):
dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goat"):
April fool (the butt of a prank played on April 1st)
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Capricorn; Goat
Hypernyms ("Goat" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Meaning:
The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Capricorn the Goat; Capricorn; Goat
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
