prod
prod /pr'ɒd/ (prods prodding prodded)
1 [VERB] V n with n, V n, V at n
If you prod someone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object.
He prodded Murray with the shotgun...
Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot...
Cathy was prodding at a boiled egg.
= poke
[N-COUNT]
Prod is also a noun.
He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside.
= poke
2 [VERB] V n into n/-ing, V n to-inf
If you prod someone into doing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.
The report should prod the Government into spending more on the Health Service...
His remark prodded her to ask where Mora had gone.
3
see also cattle prodcat|tle prod (cattle prods)
[N-COUNT]
A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
...an electric cattle prod.
1 [VERB] V n with n, V n, V at n
If you prod someone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object.
He prodded Murray with the shotgun...
Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot...
Cathy was prodding at a boiled egg.
= poke
[N-COUNT]
Prod is also a noun.
He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside.
= poke
2 [VERB] V n into n/-ing, V n to-inf
If you prod someone into doing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.
The report should prod the Government into spending more on the Health Service...
His remark prodded her to ask where Mora had gone.
3
see also cattle prodcat|tle prod (cattle prods)
[N-COUNT]
A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
...an electric cattle prod.