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TOOLS  Date: 1500-1600 Origin: Perhaps from brod 'pointed stick
for making an animal go forward' (14-19 centuries), probably
from Old Norse broddr 'spike'   2 noun prod2 [countable usually
singular] 1 especially British English a quick pushing movement,
using your finger or a pointed object [= poke]: 'Go on,' he
whispered, giving me a prod in the back. 2 British English when
you persuade or remind someone to do something: Why don't you
ring the shop and give them a prod? 3TZ a pointed instrument
used for pushing animals, to make them move: Word of the Day
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