Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gets someone's goat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
get-s -some-one's -goat
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

gets someone's (canonical)

Questions

What does gets someone's goat mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone's goat

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