goat

noun
/ɡəʊt/

Any ruminant of the genus Capra.

Other meanings

The meat of these animals.
A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with .

Kinds of goat

kid
he-goat
she-goat
domestic goat
wild goat

Example sentences

“Our goat had a litter of three kids.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "gāt".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “goat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.