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prodverb to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed objectkept prodding the sheep with a staff to move along faster dig, goad, spur chuck, jab, jog, knock, nudge, pokebore, drill, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, stab, stickdrive, hale, propel to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of actiona public outcry eventually prodded the politicians into action egg (on), encourage, exhort, goad, nudge, press, prompt, urge drive, propel, spur, stimulatehurry, hustle, push, rushadjure, beseech, implore, importuneblandish, cajole, coax, soft-soap, wheedlehigh-pressure, nag, needle, pressurefoment, incite, instigate, provoke, stir (up) deter, discourage, dissuadebrake, check, constrain, curb, hold back, inhibit, restrain in 1535 |