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Prod

//pɹɑd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
  2. 2
    Clipping of production (“the live environment”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable

    "We've hit ten million users in prod today."

  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”). Ireland, UK, alt-of, derogatory, slang, sometimes
  4. 4
    A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism. Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, slur, sometimes

    ""I don't want my daughter marrying a dirty Prod," he said."

  5. 5
    a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion wordnet
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  1. 6
    A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
  2. 7
    A production; a created work. countable, slang

    "Check our BBS for the latest prods."

  3. 8
    a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something wordnet
  4. 9
    A poke.

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

  5. 10
    A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

    "The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second."

Verb
  1. 1
    To poke, to push, to touch. transitive
  2. 2
    poke or thrust abruptly wordnet
  3. 3
    To encourage, to prompt. informal, transitive

    "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."

  4. 4
    urge on; cause to act wordnet
  5. 5
    To prick with a goad. transitive
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  1. 6
    to push against gently wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.

Etymology 2

Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.

Etymology 3

Shortened from production.

Etymology 4

Clipping of Protestant, as pronounced in an accent with flapping.

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