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baitnounAny substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
goadedcompelled forcibly by an outside agency
goadingnounThe act by which somebody is goaded.
inciteverb(transitive) To call into action.
needlenounA long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
nettlenounAny plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
prodnoun(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
spurnoun(figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
spursnoun(soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
stingnounA puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
urgenounA strong desire; an itch to do something.
coaxverb(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
eggnoun(countable, zoology) (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
impelverb(transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
provokeverb(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
teaseverb(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
ankusnounThe hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.
gadnoun(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
incentivenounSomething that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
needlingnounThe act of one who needles or annoys.

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