prod in English dictionary

  • prod

    Meanings and definitions of "prod"

    • To poke, to push, to touch.
    • To encourage, to prompt.
    • A device (often electric) used to goad livestock into moving.
    • noun
      A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
    • noun
      A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
    • noun
      A poke.
    • noun
      A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
    • verb
      To poke, to push, to touch.
    • verb
      To encourage, to prompt.
    • To poke or thrust abruptly.
    • poke
    • encourage
    • device used to goad livestock into moving
    • noun
      a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
    • noun
      a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
    • verb
      poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
    • verb
      to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
    • verb
      urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

    Synonyms of "prod" in English dictionary

    urging, jab, incite are the top synonyms of "prod" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of prod

    • prod ( plural  prods)
    • prod ( third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)
    • prod (plural prods)
    • prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)
  • Prod

    Meanings and definitions of "prod"

    • (slang, sometimes derogatory) A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism.
    • noun
      (Ireland, Britain, slang, sometimes derogatory)
      A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism.

    Grammar and declension of prod

    • Prod ( plural  Prods)
    • Prod (plural Prods)
  • PROD

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