prod
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1. prod - Noun
2. prod - Verb
Meaning
A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd.
To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student.
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Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time.
There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.
The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose, to knock us off our feet, to take our breath away.
Don't prod the donkey while you're getting on.
You drive a donkey with a stick, an ox and a mule with a prod.