Dictionary entry

Prod (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Prod, v. 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.