goat
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Sense 1
- noun
- B2
A farm animal about the size of a big dog, with horns, a small beard and a short coat, kept mostly for its milk and meat.
Our neighbour keeps two goats and makes cheese from their milk.
The goat chewed through the rope and escaped from its pen.
Children at the small zoo are allowed to feed the goats.
Common collocations: keep goats · a herd of goats · goat's milk · goat cheese · mountain goat · billy goat
Part of: Animals
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- C1
In sport or music, the person that people think is the best there has ever been.
Many fans still call her the goat of women's tennis.
For my brother, that striker will always be the goat.
Common collocations: the goat of · widely considered the goat
Part of: Sport, Attitudes and opinions
Forms
- plural
- goats