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prodding


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prod  \Prod\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Prodded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Prodding}.] 
  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.  --H.  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prodding 
  n  :  a  verbalization  that  encourages  you  to  attempt  something 
  [syn:  {goad},  {goading},  {prod},  {urging},  {spur},  {spurring}] 




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