present participle of prod

The act of giving a prod.

plural of prodding

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prod

(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch. / (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt. / (transitive) To prick with a goad.

A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving. / A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument. / A poke. / A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

(programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”). / (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.

(Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod.

(Ireland, UK, 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.

simple past tense and past participle of prod