n.
- a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard.
[Capra hircus.]
▸a wild mammal related to the goat, such as the ibex.
- informal a lecherous man.
- Brit. informal a stupid person.
- N. Amer. informal a scapegoat.
Phrase
- get someone's goat
informal irritate someone.
Derivative
Etymology
OE gāt ‘nanny goat’, of Gmc origin; rel. to L. haedus ‘kid’.
