To goad or push someone to act.
Something used to goad or push someone to act.
A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.
To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Relating to motion and/or to its cause
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
A motif.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.