/ gəʊt; NAmE goʊt/ noun
1.
an animal with horns and a coat of hair, that lives wild in mountain areas or is kept on farms for its milk or meat :
a mountain goat
goat's milk / cheese
—see also billy goat , kid , nanny goat
2.
old ~ ( informal ) an unpleasant old man who is annoying in a sexual way
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IDIOMS
- get sb's goat
—more at sheep
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English gāt nanny goat , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geit and German Geiss , also to Latin haedus kid.