prod

See also: Prod and Prod.

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English brodden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɒd/
• IPA^(key): /pɹɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

1. (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
2. (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
   • 2012 January, 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.

3. (transitive) To prick with a goad.

Translations

to poke

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺 (zh) (cì), 戳 (zh) (chuō), 捅 (zh) (tǒng)

• Dutch: duwen (nl), porren (nl)
• Esperanto: palpi (eo)
• French: pousser (fr), tâter (fr)
• German: stoßen (de), anstupsen (de)
• Greek: σκουντώ (el) (skountó)
• Italian: pungolare (it), spronare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 突く (ja) (つく, tsuku), 突き刺す (つきさす, tsukisasu)
• Latin: pungo
• Norwegian: stikke (no)
• Portuguese: cutucar (pt)
• Russian: ты́кать (ru) (týkatʹ), коло́ть (ru) (kolótʹ), толка́ть (ru) (tolkátʹ) (push)
• Scottish Gaelic: stob
• Swedish: sticka (sv)

to encourage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 促使 (zh) (cùshǐ), 激勵／激励 (zh) (jīlì), 激励 (zh) (jīlì)

• Dutch: aanmoedigen (nl)
• French: encourager (fr)
• German: anspornen (de), ermutigen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: incoraggiare (it), stimolare (it)
• Portuguese: aguilhoar (pt)
• Russian: побужда́ть (ru) (pobuždátʹ), подгоня́ть (ru) (podgonjátʹ), подстрека́ть (ru) (podstrekátʹ) (esp. to evil or wickedness)
• Spanish: aguijar (es)

to prick with a goad

• German: anstacheln (de), antreiben (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

prod (plural prods)

1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
3. A poke.

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

4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)

Derived terms

• cattle prod

Translations

device used to goad livestock into moving

• Finnish: piiska (fi); sähköpiiska (electric)
• German: Stachelstock m, Treibestock m
• Italian: picca (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: aguijada (es) f, picana (es) f, garrocha (es) f
• Swedish: elfösare c (electric), fösare c (as suffix: -fösare, prefixed with determiner; of vb. fösa, "to drive")

Further reading

• Cattle prod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Shortened from production.

Noun

prod (plural prods)

1. (computing, programming, demoscene, slang) A production.

   Check our BBS for the latest prods.

Anagrams

• dorp, drop