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| banderillero |
a matador's assistant who helps goad the bull by sticking banderillas into it. |
| bullfight |
a ceremonial sport practiced esp. in Spain and Mexico in which banderilleros and picadors first goad and tire a specially bred bull, and then a matador with a cape and sword provokes the bull into charging him several times, and finally kills it. |
| chide |
to nag or goad by criticizing. [1/3 definitions] |
| gad2 |
a long stick or prod used for driving cattle; goad. [1/3 definitions] |
| goad |
to prick, prod, or direct with or as with a goad. [1/4 definitions] |
| prod |
to incite to action as though by poking; goad. [2/4 definitions] |
| rowel |
a small rotating wheel with points at the end of a spur, used to goad a horse. [2 definitions] |
| stimulant |
an incentive or goad. [1/3 definitions] |
| whip up |
to goad or incite as though by whipping. [1/2 definitions] |
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