Prod

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Prod /prɒd/ (also Proddie, Proddy)

▶noun informal, offensive (especially in Ireland) a Protestant.

– origin 1940s: abbrev. representing a pronunc.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prod/prɒd/

▶verb (prods, prodding, prodded)

• 1 poke with a finger, pointed object, etc.

• 2 stimulate or persuade to do something.

▶noun

• 1 a poke.

• 2 a stimulus or reminder.

• 3 a pointed implement, typically discharging an electric current and used as a goad.

– derivatives
prodder noun.

– origin C16 (as v.): perh. symbolic of a short poke, or a blend of poke1 and dial. brod ‘to goad, prod’.