prod
A device used to goad livestock into movingA device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
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Meaning
5 sensesA device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
Stachelstock, Treibestock
A poke.
"It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
More meanings 2
A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
(countable, slang)A production; a created work.
Check our BBS for the latest prods.
Origin
Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from MiddleAlteration 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.
Shortened from production.
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