Tra từ prod - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

prod [prod prods prodded prodding] verb, noun BrE [prɒd] NAmE [prɑːd]
verb (-dd-)
1. transitive, intransitive to push sb/sth with your finger or with a pointed object
Syn: ↑poke
•~ sb/sth (+ adv./prep.) She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.
•~ at sb/sth He prodded at his breakfast with a fork.
2. transitive ~ sb (into sth/into doing sth) to try to make sb do sth, especially when they are unwilling
•She finally prodded him into action.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps symbolic of a short poking movement, or a blend of ↑poke and dialect brod ‘to goad, prod’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•‘You still haven't answered my question,‘ she prodded him.
•Dan prodded at his breakfast with a fork.
•He kept very quiet until she prodded him to say what he was looking for.
•Institutions were prodded into changing over to commercial management structures.
•Martha prodded him awake.
•She prodded the dry ground with a stick.
•Someone was prodding me in the ribs.

noun
1. the act of pushing sb with your finger or with a pointed object
Syn: ↑dig
•She gave him a sharp prod with her umbrella.
2. (informal)an act of encouraging sb or of reminding sb to do sth
•If they haven't replied by next week, you'll have to call them and give them a prod.
3. an instrument like a stick that is used for ↑prodding animals
4. Prod (also Prod·die BrE [ˈprɒdi] ; NAmE [ˈprɑːdi] ) (informal)an offensive word for a Protestant

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps symbolic of a short poking movement, or a blend of ↑poke and dialect brod ‘to goad, prod’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•She gave the pile of clothes another prod.