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prod

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"Poke lightly"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /pɹɒd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted doprStarts with PEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2R3O4D

Definitions

  1. poke or thrust abruptly

Word origin

Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.

Used in a sentence

  • "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
  • The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.
  • We've hit ten million users in prod today.

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