get someone's goat
To annoy or infuriate someone.
It really gets my goat when inconsiderate people drop litter in public.
noun
Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.
Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species.
Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
Hungrily, by firelight, we set to with damper and cold goat washed down by hot tea.
Joshua could not stop himself from scooping more goat on his plate: Paul had cooked it so long that the meat seemed to melt like hot, syrupy candy in his mouth. Joshua remembered goat as a stringy dark meat, but the red spicy mass before him was nothing like he recalled.
A lecherous man.
A scapegoat.
Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.
1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.
A Pontiac GTO car.
verb
To allow goats to feed on.
Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
To scapegoat.
John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”).