A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
A production; a created work.
A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
A poke.
To encourage, to prompt.
To prick with a goad.
To poke, to push, to touch.
The action of driving or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.