Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To poke, to push, to touch.

    stoßen, anstupsen

    ты́катьtýkatʹ, коло́тьkolótʹ, толка́тьtolkátʹ

    штрикатиštrykaty, колотиkoloty

    poke or thrust abruptly

  2. (informal, transitive)To encourage, to prompt.

    anspornen, ermutigen

    побужда́тьpobuždátʹ, подгоня́тьpodgonjátʹ, подстрека́тьpodstrekátʹ

    підштовхуватиpidštovxuvaty, підганятиpidhanjaty

  3. (transitive)To prick with a goad.

    anstacheln, antreiben

    штрикатиštrykaty

Examples

11 sentences

  1. She prodded him to work harder.

    ruОна мотивировала его работать усерднее. — odexed

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  2. The farmer prodded cattle with a goad.

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  3. A few prods and he'll start talking, just watch.

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  4. Don't prod your food with your fork like that.

    deStochere nicht so mit der Gabel im Essen herum! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. It took a little prodding, but he agreed to do it.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to poke:
to encourage:
Русский
By meaning 2
to poke:
to encourage:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to poke:
to encourage:
to prick with a goad:

Origin

Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle

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.

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Forms

prods, prodding, prodded, prodded
Base formprod · to prod
3rd person singularprods
Present participleprodding
Past simpleprodded
Past participleprodded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyprod
he, she, itprods

Past simpleLesson

all personsprodded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave prodded
he, she, ithas prodded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill prod

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedprodding
Derivedprodnoseunprodded

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
proctorprocureprocurementprodigalprodigyproduceA2

Dictionary 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.

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