Post by leflynnPost by ***@gmail.com(Which one does not Belong?)
-- (Dog, Cat, Ape, Goat, Wolf, Badger, Monkey, Squirrel )
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You can …
Dog someone’s footsteps,
Ape their mannerisms,
Wolf down your food,
Badger a witness,
Monkey around with your friends,
Squirrel away your Halloween candy.
That leaves Cat and Goat.
You can …
(Tom)Cat around,
and you can also
Kid around.
So I choose Goat as a possible answer.
Now to find reason for the others to be it.
L. Flynn
verb : [to Cat] == To go wandering at night.
1998, Mary Spencer, Lady's Wager, page 324:
"He doesn't realize that I know," Lord Callan said, "but it's been pretty obvious that most of his catting about London's darker alleys has been a search for his origins.
2010, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, page 18:
This was going to be my first try at catting out. I went looking for somebody to cat with me.
2012, Valerie Hansen, Wages of Sin:
My own dear wife could have tended to his needs if she hadn't been out catting.
------------------- it's a pretty uncommon verb, so maybe authors use the form [catting]
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verb : [to Goat] While not a standard verb, "to goat" can mean to provoke or taunt someone, often in a playful or competitive way.
It's often used in sports or gaming contexts, where players try to get under each other's skin.
Imagine a basketball player intentionally bumping into an opponent to try to throw them off their game ---- that could be described as "goating" the other player.
------------------ it can also mean [to scapegoat] someone
Maybe when ppl use the verb : [to Goat] , they mix it up with the following verb.
goad verb [T] (provoke) == to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them: goad someone into something
------------- She seemed determined to goad him into a fight.
He refused to be goaded by their insults.
be goaded on --- The runner was goaded on by his desire to keep up with the others.