prod

prod
v
1. poke, jab, punch, dig; prick, rowel, stick; nudge, elbow, shoulder, butt, boost; push, shove, drive, propel, move, get [s.o.] moving or going; press, hurry, hustle, rush, speed, quicken, accelerate.
2. goad, spur, prompt, thrust, give [s.o.] a little encouragement or boost or shove; incite, provoke, stimulate, motivate, rouse, arouse, actuate; encourage, urge, impel, egg on; agitate, whip up, work up, stir up, wind up, inflame, fire up; nag, harp at, hound, badger, needle; pester, hector, harass, ride; fret, vex, irritate, annoy, aggravate, torment, plague, persecute, Inf. drive up the wall; henpeck, pick on, criticize, carp at, complain, cavil, Yiddish. kvetch.
n
3. poke, jab, dig, finger in the ribs; nudge, elbow, boost, butt, punch, push, shove.
4. goad, poker, stick; spur, prickspur, prick, pricket, rowel, needle.

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