Prod

Definition: Prod

Prod

Noun

1. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves".

2. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.

Verb

1. To push against gently.

2. Urge on; cause to act.

3. Poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "prod" was first used: 1535. (references)

PROD

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Prod

Arms

Pike, lance, spear, spontoon, javelin, dart, jereed, jerid, arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff; eelspear, oxgoad, weet-weet, wommerah; cattle prod; chemical mace.

Impulse

Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.

Crosswords: Prod

References

• Dist Prod Petroleo Ipiranga SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• 1996 Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook Production Statistics(1987-1996)/Annuaire De Statistiques Industrielles Par Produit Statistiques De prod (reference)

• Air Conditioning & Heating Service & Repair: 1997 Domestic Vehicles (Domestic Ed, Prod Code Acds97) (reference)

• Evans Prod & Operations Mgt (reference)

• Pkg: Dec Sppt Soft W/ Prod & Ops Mgmt (reference)

• SOC. INDUSTRIALIZACAO PROD. AGRICOLAS: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

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Music

• Uptown Top Ranking: Joe Gibbs Prod 1970-78 (reference)

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High Tech

• EXTRA! Enterprise 2000 Multi-Host Access Full Prod Single-CD Media (reference)

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server Prod Upgrade (reference)

• Microsoft NT Server Enterprise Upgrade (25-client Prod with Service Pack) (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Women in war. Summer canning workers. A skilled and vastly important job in this Rochelle, Illinois, asparagus canning factory is performed by this woman grading expert. The grade of vegetables, their water content, and the relative excellence of the prod. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Laos

BUT WHERE THERE IS CRISIS, THERE IS ALSO OPPORTUNITY, AND THE ECONOMIC SHOCK MAY PROD THE GOVERNMENT TO SPEED THE TRANSITION FROM A SOCIALIST-ORIENTED, LARGELY AGRARIAN ECONOMY TO ONE GOVERNED BY FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "prod": cattle prod ♦ ice prod ♦ prod continually. Additional references.

Ending with "prod": cattle-prod, cock-prod.

Albanian

vë gishtin, stimuloj (fillip, incite, stimulate, urge), shtytje e lehtë (nudge), shtyj lehtë, shkop me majë, nxitje (abetment, challenge, cheer, countenance, dare, dig, drive, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, kick, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prompt, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهماز (goad, spur), ‏همز (goad, spur), ‏نخس (prick, prickle, punch), ‏حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicit, solicitation, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), ‏إندفاع (break, burst, dash, dive, drift, fling, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, lunge, onrush, raciness, rush, scramble, surge, tear). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ръчкане (stir), ръгвам (poke), ръгане, ръгам (jab, poke, stick, thrust), остен (gad, goad, prick), насъсквам (hound on, impel, stimulate, work up), мушкам (dig, dub, jab, job, jog, peg at, poke, pop, pop in, prong, stick), мушване (dive, jab, poke), бодване (prick, puncture, stick), бодвам (pink, pinprick, prick, prickle, stick), подтикване, подтиквам (actuate, fillip, goad, help forward, hypo, impel, incite, inspire, invigorate, invite, move, prompt, provoke, resolve, spur, stir up, urge on), подбуждане (fomentation, incitement, instigation, provocation, stimulation), подбуждам (abet, actuate, excite, foment, galvanize, incite, instigate, motivate, prompt, provoke, raise, urge on), подбуда (impulse, incentive, inducement, inspiration, motion, motive, persuasive, prompting, sanction, spring, spur, stimulus). (various references)

Chinese 

刺 (lunge, Lunged, Lunging, Prick, Pricked, Pricking, Pricking-up, Prodded, Prodding, Puncture, Punctured, Puncturing, stab, thorn). (various references)

Czech

podnìcovat (actuate, foment, impel, incite, instigate, promote, stimulate), rýpanec, dloubnout. (various references)

Danish

elektrisk pigkaep (electric cattle goad, electric prod for cattle), elektrisk hegn (electric cattle goad, electric prod for cattle). (various references)

Dutch

meetpen (measuring probe, test prod), elektrische prikstok (electric cattle goad, electric prod for cattle). (various references)

Farsi 

ترغیب (Persuasion), سیخ زدن 2 (Gig, Poke, Yerk), سک زدن 2 (Goad, Yerk), برانگیختن (Abet, Act, Actuate, Arouse, Evince, Exacerbate, Exasperate, Excite, Heat, Impulse, Infuse, Instigate, Irritate, Nettle, Prompt, Provoke, Roust, Sick, Whet). (various references)

French

pousser qn doucement du doigt, pousser qn avec la pointe d'un bâton, pousser avec la pointe de bâton, poussée (exertion of pressure, press, production, rocket propulsion), petit coup, donner un coup par la canne. (various references)

German

puffen (chug, dig, go bang, hit, nudge, puff, thump), puff (bang, biff, blow, bop, brothel, buffet, cathouse, dig, nudge, phut, pouf, puff, swelling, thump, toke, whorehouse), stupsen (jog, nudge, poke), stupse, stoßen (abut, buffet, bump, bumps, Bury, butt, dig, hustle, impinge, jab, jerk, jog, kick, knock, nudge, plunge, poke, pond, punch, punt, push, push across, push out, push over, put, ram, shag, shoulder, shove, stricken, stub, thrust, to bump, to hustle, to knock (at)), stoß (barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, blow, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, jab, jog, joint, jolt, kick, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, punch, push, put, rush, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, stroke, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley), schubs (jog, nudge, poke, push, shove), knuffen (nudge, poke, thump), knuff (bop, nudge, thump), antascheln, anstoß (abuse, annoyance, bully off, difficulty, impetus, impuls, impulse, impulsion, inducement, initiation, kick off, offense, shock, umbrage), anspornen (abet, cheer on, encourage, impel, incite, instigate, spur, spur on, stimulate, to incite, to spur, urge), ansporn (fillip, goad, incentive, incitement, inducement, spur, stimulant, stimulation). (various references)

Greek 

κέντρο (center, centre, core, prick, spine, spur, sting), κεντώ (embroider, filigree, goad, jab, nettle, nip, pick, pique, poke, prick, prickle, puncture, spur, stick, twinge, velicate), κεντρίζω (bite, goad, nettle, spur, sting), σπρώχνω (jog, jostle, poke, push, shove, thrust), σουβλί (awl, bodkin, broach, prick, prong), παρακινώ (abet, actuate, egg on, exhort, impel, incite, induce, motivate, prompt, spur, stimulate, urge). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"רבן (egg on, goad, spur, stimulate, sting, stir up, urge). (various references)

Hungarian

ösztöke (goad, prick). (various references)

Indonesian

menusuk (prick, prickle, puncture), menikam (knife, stab), menggelitik (beat of, tickle). (various references)

Italian

puntare (aim, bet, direct, head, plant, play, point, push, put, set, shoot out, stake, stare at, train, wager), pungolo (goad, prickle, spur, stimulus), pungolare, stuzzicare (excite, needle, pick, poke, sharpen, tantalise, tantalize, tease, tickle, whet). (various references)

Korean 

찌르기 (stab, STING). (various references)

Manx

seiy (agitate, bear down, churn, churning, foment, fomentation, gore, gore of bull, knife, litter, lunge, mix up, mixing, mixture, muddy; pushing, propel, propulsion, protrusion, push, shove, shoving, stab, stick, stir, stir up, thrust, tilt, tilting, transfix), greesaghey (abet, accelerate, agitate, drive, egg on, excitation, excite, excitement, fire, fire enthusiasm, foment, fomentation, foster, incentive, incite, instigate, instigation, press, provocation, provoke, stir, stir up). (various references)

Pig Latin

odpray.(various references)

Portuguese

picar com aguilhão, picadela, picada (bite, cut, dart, nip, pick, pricking, puncture, sting, tingle, trail), incitar (abet, actuate, arouse, awake, egg, egg on, encourage, excite, goad, halloo, impel, incite, instigate, move, prompt, provoke, push, rouse, set on, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge), incitamento (incitement, inducement, instigation, prompting, provocation), estocada (lunge, push, stab, thrust), estímulo (actuation, animation, fillip, fomentation, fuel, kick, motivation, persuasive, pick-me-up, spur, stimulant, stimulus), espicaçar (corkscrew, needle), cutucada (nudge), cotovelada (poke), chumar (poke), aguilhoar (goad, sting), aguilhoada (goad). (various references)

Romanian

mâna (bag, drive, horse, punch, spank), îndemna (advise, charge, court, egg, exhort, goad, hunch, impel, incite, induce, needle, prick, prompt, punch, push, rouse, set smb. doing smth., spank, spur, stimulate, urge), împunsãturã (butt, cant, dig, jab, jeer, jest, pang, prick, stick, stitch, tack, thrust), împunge (butt, jab, pink, pique, prick, sting, stitch, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

тычок (binder, bond-stone, dig, header), тыкать тычок (jab), тыкать (dab, dub, jab), шило (awl, bodkin, bradawl, piercer), колоть (break, chop, jab, thrust). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

podsticati (pander to, spur, urge), podsticaj (abetment, fillip, goad, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, spur, stimulus, whet), štap (billy, cane, crook, goad, rod, stick, truncheon, verge). (various references)

Spanish

pincho (brochette, Spike), picar (bite, chop, cut up, dive, goad, grind, harass, hash, itch, jab, key in, lip, mince, needle, nibble, nip, pick, ping, pink, pique, pit, pound, prick, prickle, punch, smart, stab, stick, sting), golpe (bang, bat, belt, blow, buffet, concussion, coup, crack, cut, hit, hook, jab, job, kick, knock, pelt, poke, shock, shot, slam, smack, strike, stroke, wallop), estimular (abet, boost, bring on, encourage, excite, exhilarate, fuel, ginger up, incite, invigorate, jog, liven, liven up, promote, prompt, quicken, rouse, shake up, spur, stimulate, stir, stir up, titillate, whip up), dar con la punta del dedo (poke), aguijón (goad, prickle, sting, stinger), acicate. (various references)

Swedish

egga (egg on, enkindle, excite, goad, impel, incite, instigate, pique, quicken, set on, stimulate). (various references)

Turkish

teşvik etmek (abet, cheer, cheer on, countenance, draw, egg, egg on, embolden, encourage, fillip, Foster, ginger, ginger up, give a fillip to, give countenance to, goad, goad on, incite, induce, inspirit, instigate, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, lend wings to, prompt, put a premium on, put smb. on his mettle, revitalize, set on, sharpen, spark, spoonfeed, spur, spur smb. on, stimulate, stir up, tickle up, urge), kışkırtmak (agitate, antagonize, defy, egg, egg on, excite, fan the flame, ferment, foment, ginger, ginger up, goad, goad on, hound, hound on, incite, inflame, instigate, jockey into, lash, provoke, rouse, set on, solicit, sting, stir up, tempt, warm up, whip up), kışkırtma (agitation, agitprop, fomentation, incitation, incitement, instigation, provocation, pyrotechnics, sedition, solicitation, urge), dürtmek (dig, edge on, ginger, ginger up, goad, hustle, incite, jab, jog, jolt, nudge, poke, shove, spur, spur smb. on, thrust), dürtme (dig, goading, jab, jog, poke, shove), biz (awl, bodkin, punch, us, we), üvendire (goad), özendirmek (abet, accelerate, encourage, support, tempt), çivili sopa. (various references)

Turkmen 

dьrtmek (poke). (various references)

Ukrainian

стусан (cant, dab, dig, kick, spurn, thrust, wakener, wap), стрекало (goad, pricker), укол (prick, pricking), спонукати (abet, actuate, cause, excite, impel, impulse, induce, motivate, motive, prick, prompt, provoke, push on, rouse, set off, spur, urge), тикати (dab, dub), шило (awl, bodkin, bradawl, brog, pricker), колоти (beat, chip, prick, prickle), підганяти (bustle, fit on, flog, goad, hurry, push, touch up, whip), підбурювати (abet, agitate, encourage, incite, instigate, prickle, solicit), пробійник (pricker, puncheon, puncher). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật nhọn, gậy nhọn đầu, cú thúc (poke), cú đấm (punch), cái thúc cú chọc. (various references)

Welsh

pwtian (poke), pwt (anything short, poke, stump). (various references)

brodden. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "prod": prodded, prodder, prodders, prodding, prodigal, prodigalities, prodigality, prodigally, prodigals, prodigies, prodigious, prodigiously, prodigiousness, prodigiousnesses, prodigy, prodromal, prodromata, prodrome, prodromes, prods, produce, produced, producer, producers, produces, producible, producing, product, production, productional, productions, productive, productively, productiveness, productivenesses, productivities, productivity, products. (additional references)

Words containing "prod": byproduct, byproducts, coproduce, coproduced, coproducer, coproducers, coproduces, coproducing, coproduct, coproduction, coproductions, coproducts, counterproductive, hyperproducer, hyperproducers, hyperproduction, hyperproductions, irreproducibilities, irreproducibility, irreproducible, microreproduction, microreproductions, multiproduct, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonproductiveness, nonproductivenesses, nonreproducible, nonreproductive, outproduce, outproduced, outproduces, outproducing, outreproduce, outreproduced, outreproduces, outreproducing, overproduce, overproduced, overproduces, overproducing, overproduction, overproductions, photoproduct, photoproduction, photoproductions, photoproducts, photoreproduction, photoreproductions, postproduction, postproductions. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Prod" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: npro, parod, parodu, Pcred, perod, pgood, pordy, prad, prady, prao, praod, prawd, prd, pred, predi, preord, prho, pridy, proa, proad, prob, proddy, prode, prodi, Prodip, produ, prody, proe, prof, proj, prok, prol, prond, prood, proq, pror, prot, protg, protz, prov, provd, prowd, proz, prrof, pru, prud, prudy, Prut, pryo, Pyrford, srod. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dorp, drop.

-1 letter: dor, pod, pro, rod.

-2 letters: do, od, op, or.

+1 letter: doper, dorps, droop, drops, dropt, pedro, pored, prods, proud, roped.

+2 letters: deport, dopers, dopier, dorper, droops, droopy, dropsy, groped, pardon, parody, pedros, period, polder, ponder, ported, poured, powder, probed, prosed, proved, redtop, romped, rouped, spored, torpid, tripod, uropod.

+3 letters: adaptor, adopter, airdrop, aproned, cropped, deplore, deports, deposer, dewdrop, dimorph, diopter, dioptre, dipolar, disport, dorpers, drooped, droplet, dropout, dropped, dropper, eardrop, grouped, gumdrop, hardtop, hydrops, jeopard, jodhpur, leopard, leporid, morphed, operand, outdrop, padrone, padroni, pandoor, pandora, pandore, pandour, parador, parados, paradox, pardons, parodic, parodoi, parodos, paroled, parotid, percoid, peridot, periods, peroxid, picador, pledgor, plodder, pochard, podagra, podgier, polders, pollard, ponders, poniard, portend, poulard, pounder, powders, powdery, powered, precode, premold, presold, proband, proceed, prodded, prodder, prodigy, produce, product, progged, pronged, proofed, propend, propped, prosody, proteid, protend, prouder, proudly, provide, prowled, pushrod, readopt, redpoll, redtops, reposed, respond, ripcord, roadmap, roundup, sparoid, spiroid, spoored, sporoid, sported, torpedo, torpids, tripods, tripody, tromped, trooped, trouped, unroped, uphoard, uropods, vapored.