(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.
He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to ~ him into some unguarded response...
Charles was always ~ing me.
VERB: V n into n/-ing, V n
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Goad is also a noun.
His opposition acted as a ~ to her determination to succeed.
N-COUNT