goated
- 1Considered the greatest of all time at something; supremely skilled or the best there has ever been.
Her latest album is absolutely goated, easily her best work yet.
Most fans agree the team's defense this season is goated.
Similarlegendary, elite, unmatched, peerless
Note
Slang built from an acronym: GOAT, "greatest of all time," plus the adjective ending -ed. The spelling sometimes keeps the capitals, as in Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh's "He's GOATed, man." It sits most naturally after a verb (the fries are goated). Despite its superlative root, it still takes more goated and most goated. Keep it to casual talk about athletes, artists and favorite things, the territory of sports and rap coverage.
- 2Simple past tense and past participle of goat.
Note
A regular past form, so one spelling covers both they goated and they had goated. Behind it stand three separate verbs: to let goats graze on something, to scapegoat someone, and to isolate an opposing blocker behind one's own blockers to slow the pack. Context must also separate it from the slang "greatest" adjective. A goated pasture has been grazed, while a goated player is simply the best.
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goated is a form of goat
goat, verb: To single someone out to take the blame for a failure or loss. Full entry
- Spelling
- goat → goated: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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Origin
Formed from GOAT (an acronym for "greatest of all time") combined with the suffix -ed.