prod

About 1.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To poke, to push, to touch.
2. verb To encourage, to prompt.
3. verb To prick with a goad.
4. noun A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
5. noun A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
6. noun A poke.

   "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.

7. noun A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
8. noun Clipping of production (“the live environment”).

   We've hit ten million users in prod today.

Similar words

poke jab stab goad nudge spurring spur goading dig incite

Often followed by

the him and liab to them of ucts her

Word family

Prod Prods prodded prodder prodders prodding prods