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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’.



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.



'prod' also found in these Oxford entries:
job - nudge - poke - Prod - punch

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