prod
Plural: prods
Noun
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- A poke.
- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
- A production; a created work.
- Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
Verb
Verb Forms: prodded, prodding, prods
- To poke or jab with something pointed; to stimulate.
- to push against gently
- urge on; cause to act
- poke or thrust abruptly
- To poke, to push, to touch.
- To encourage, to prompt.
- To prick with a goad.
Examples
- "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
- A little prod from a friend often helps to find a word hiding in plain sight.
- Check our BBS for the latest prods.
- We've hit ten million users in prod today.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
dig, egg on, goad, goading, incite, jab, nudge, poke, poke at, prodding, spur, spurring, stab, urging
Scrabble Score: 7
prod: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprod: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prod: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary