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"prod" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often poke (4 letters).
Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Poke lightly”4 letters
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