prod
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English brodden, from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɒd
Verb [edit]
prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)
- To poke, to push, to touch.
- To encourage, to prompt.
- 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 86:
- Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
- 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 86:
Translations [edit]
poke
encourage
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Noun [edit]
prod (plural prods)
- A device (often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
device used to goad livestock into moving
External links [edit]
Cattle prod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Cattle_prod
