prod
Other forms: prodded; prodding; prods
A teacher might use a verbal prod when students aren't participating in class. A prod is an encouragement, like the threat of a quiz. Just hope the teacher doesn't use the kind of prod a rancher uses to keep cattle moving!
Prod can also be a verb that refers to a soft poke or a nudge, like when you prod someone in the ribs with your finger. It can also describe verbal encouragement that's used when you want something or want to know something. For example, you might prod your sister into helping you do your math homework.
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push against gently
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poke or thrust abruptly
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urge on; cause to act
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goose
prod into action
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halloo
urge on with shouts
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goad
urge with or as if with a goad
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spur
goad with spurs
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a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
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a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
Vocabulary lists containing prod
On a hike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, thirteen-year-old Erin Rowe makes a new friend when they both get lost and must rely on each other to survive.
In this first book of the Samurai Detective series set in 18th-century Japan, Konoike Seikei, a tea merchant’s son dreaming of becoming a noble warrior-poet, helps a judge solve the mystery of a missing jewel.
Oyuna of the Kerait tribe recounts how she pursued her dream of racing across the Mongolian steppes as a youth despite being crippled by a horse.
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