Category:Prod

Prod, n. Etym: [cf. Gael. & ir. brod goad, prickle, sting, and e. Brad, also w. procio to poke, thrust.]

1. A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an Awl, a skewer, etc.

2. A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.

3. A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd. Fairholt.

Prod Prod, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Prodding.]

Defn: to thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something Sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to Goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student. H. Taylor.