prod

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
2. (informal, transitive) To encourage, to prompt.
3. (transitive) To prick with a goad.

Noun

1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
3. A poke.
4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

Noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable) Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
2. (countable, slang) A production; a created work.

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).

Synonyms

poke

spur

urge

prompt

jab

stimulate

incite

impel

encourage

instigate

stab

goad

nudge

abet

spur on

stir

stir up

trigger

prick

provocate

sting

push

thrust

prodding

stimulus

instigation

drive

impetus

urge on

spurring

shove

incitement

egg on

impulse

goading

pound

💷

stimulation

strike

spine

abetment

thorn

induce

provoke

punch

👊

prong

hit

dig

poke at

momentum

lunge

Translations

incitar

aansporen

anspornen

aufhetzen

prikkelen

herausfordern

espolear

instigar

antreiben

instigar

opwekken

aanwakkeren

esporear

de sporen geven

zwepen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɒd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: brodden

Cognate with Icelandic: broddur

Cognate with Danish: brod

In summary

Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.