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prod

Best crossword clue

"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
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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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