1. cattle prod - Noun
2. cattle prod - Verb
A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.
(figuratively) Something used to goad or push someone to act.
cattle prod (third-person singular simple present cattle prods, present participle cattle prodding, simple past and past participle cattle prodded)
(figuratively) To goad or push someone to act.
(They cattle prodded people trying to get them to move, but to no avail.)
(The website locks streams at highest resolution to cattle prod users to pay higher bandwidth fees.)
cattle-prod (plural cattle-prods)
Alternative form of cattle prod (as noun)
cattle-prod (third-person singular simple present cattle-prods, present participle cattle-prodding, simple past and past participle cattle-prodded)
Alternative form of cattle prod (as verb)
cattle-prod