cattle prod
cattle prod · cattle prods · cattle prodded · cattle prodding
To goad or push someone to actTo goad or push someone to act.
Meaning
1 senses(figuratively)To goad or push someone to act.
(They cattle prodded people trying to get them to move, but to no avail.)
(The website locks streams at highest resolution to cattle prod users to pay higher bandwidth fees.)
Forms
cattle prods, cattle prodding, cattle prodded, cattle prodded| Base form | cattle prod · to cattle prod |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cattle prods |
| Present participle | cattle prodding |
| Past simple | cattle prodded |
| Past participle | cattle prodded |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.