1. Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
   "The nimble goat leapt from rock to rock with surprising grace";
   - caprine animal
    
2. [informal] Man with strong sexual desires
   "The old goat made inappropriate comments to young women";
   - satyr, lecher [informal], lech, letch
    
3. [N. Amer] Someone who is punished for the errors of others
   "The junior employee became the goat for the department's failures";
   - scapegoat, fall guy [N. Amer, informal]

1. Greatest Of All Time; a person considered to be the best ever in their field or sport
   "Many consider Michael Jordan to be the GOAT of basketball"

1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
   - Capricorn
    
2. The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
   - Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat

Derived forms: goats

Type of: actor, bovid, degenerate, deviant, deviate, doer, house, mansion, perv [informal], perve [informal], pervert, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign, victim, worker

Part of: Capra, genus Capra

Encyclopedia: Goat