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Webster 1913 Edition


Prod

Prod

,
Noun.
[Cf. Gael. & Ir.
brod
goad, prickle, sting, and E.
brad
, also W.
procio
to poke, thrust.]
1.
A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
2.
A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
3.
A light kind of crossbow; – in the sense, often spelled prodd.
Fairholt.

Prod

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prodded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Prodding
.]
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
.
H. Taylor.

Definition 2024


Prod

Prod

See also: prod and Prod.

English

Noun

Prod (plural Prods)

  1. (Ireland, Britain, slang, sometimes derogatory) 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.
    "I don't want my daughter marrying a dirty Prod," he said.

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It is most commonly used in Ireland and Scotland, though usage is not limited to those regions.

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prod

prod

See also: Prod and Prod.

English

Verb

prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)

  1. To poke, to push, to touch.
  2. To encourage, to prompt.
    • 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 86:
      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.

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Noun

prod (plural prods)

  1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
  2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
  3. A poke.
    "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
  4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)

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