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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Prod

/präd/ · IPA /pɹɑd/
01 n. A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
  1. 1.
    A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
  2. 2.
    A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
  3. 3.
    A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd.
02 v. t. To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, …
imp. & p. p. Prodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Prodding
  1. 1.
    To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student.