goad vs push-up

goad

verb
  • To encourage or stimulate. 

  • To incite or provoke. 

  • To prod with a goad. 

noun
  • That which goads or incites; a stimulus. 

  • A long, pointed stick used to prod animals. 

push-up

verb
  • To perform a push-up, or to lift oneself off the ground in a push-up-like manner. 

noun
  • An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor. 

  • A push-up bra. 

adj
  • Supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size. 

  • Designed to be worn rolled up. 

How often have the words goad and push-up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )