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verb | noun prodprod1 /prɑd/ ●○○ verb (prodded, prodding) [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEprod |
| Present | I, you, we, they | prod | | he, she, it | prods | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | prodded | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have prodded | | he, she, it | has prodded | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had prodded | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will prod | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have prodded |
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| Present | I | am prodding | | he, she, it | is prodding | | you, we, they | are prodding | | Past | I, he, she, it | was prodding | | you, we, they | were prodding | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been prodding | | he, she, it | has been prodding | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been prodding | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be prodding | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been prodding |
► push and prod We push and prod the kids to finish their projects. ► poking and prodding He didn’t want doctors poking and prodding him. 1to make or persuade someone to do something, especially when he or she is lazy or unwilling: prod somebody into (doing) something He tried to prod Gordon into responding.prod somebody to do something We push and prod the kids to finish their projects.2to push or press something with your finger or a pointed object SYN poke: He didn’t want doctors poking and prodding him. verb | noun prodprod2 noun [countable usually singular] ETYMOLOGYprod2Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from brod pointed stick for making an animal go forward (14-19 centuries), probably from Old Norse broddr spike ► cattle prod a cattle prod ► gave ... prod Jerry gave me a sharp prod in the back. 1an instrument used for pushing an animal, in order to make them move in a particular direction: a cattle prod2something that is said or done to encourage or remind someone to do something: Improving the status of women is a prod to lowering birth rates.3a sudden pressing or pushing movement, using your finger or a pointed object SYN poke: Jerry gave me a sharp prod in the back. |