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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English brodden, from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)
- (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
- (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
- 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist[1], 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.
- (transitive) To prick with a goad.
Translations[edit]
to poke
to encourage
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Noun[edit]
prod (plural prods)
- A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
- A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
- A poke.
- "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
- A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
- 1983, Popular Mechanics:
- The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
device used to goad livestock into moving
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Further reading[edit]
Cattle prod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortened from production.
Noun[edit]
prod (countable and uncountable, plural prods)
- (programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”).
- We've hit ten million users in prod today.
- (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
- Check our BBS for the latest prods.
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
prod (plural prods)
- (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
prod m (nominative singular proz)
- (early Old French) Alternative form of pro
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *prǭdъ.
Noun[edit]
prọ̑d m inan
- pebbles (small stones rounded by the action of water)
Further reading[edit]
- “prod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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