prod
prod
- n a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves - n a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- v to push against gently
- v urge on; cause to act
- v poke or thrust abruptly
- The group continues to prod the President to campaign aggressively for a federal marriage amendment.
- According to dozens of civil lawsuits and the claims of more than a hundred suspects, it was by force sometimes a cattle prod held to a man's groin, or a burn caused by a .
- In Southern California, a college professor (Redford) tries to prod a restless student (Andrew Garfield) from apathy to engagement.