If you goad 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 goad him into some unguarded response Charles was always goading me. Goad is also a noun. His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" prod or urge as if with a log stick urge with or as if with a goad