goat

noun

• 1a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard. It is kept for its milk and meat, and noted for its lively behaviour.

  • Capra hircus, family Bovidae, descended from the wild bezoar
• a wild mammal related to the goat, such as the ibex. See also mountain goat.
• (the Goat) the zodiacal sign Capricorn or the constellation Capricornus.

• 2a lecherous man.

• 3British informal a stupid person; a fool:just for once, stop acting the goat

• 4US a scapegoat.