Dictionary Entry
prod
prod is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
- 2noun
A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
- 3noun
A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5noun
a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
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- 6noun
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- 7verb
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
- 8verb
urge on; cause to act
"The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
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- 9verb
to push against gently
"She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
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