Why this word is great
TARRE — [Verb] To incite; to provoke; to spur on. From Middle English tarien, taryen ("to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay"), from Old English tirġan, terġan, tirian ("to worry, exasperate"). Unlike "goad" (which implies persistent, nagging pressure) or "instigate" (which carries the whiff of hidden agendas), "tarre" is the sharp, sudden provocation that snaps inertia into motion. It is the hissed dare that sends a boy scrambling up an oak, the rallying cry that turns a murmur into a mob, or the flick of a whip just shy of a horse’s flank—the moment when potential energy becomes kinetic, for better or worse.