Prod is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like goad or incite. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Prod in a sentence
Related words
Prod meaning
- To poke, to push, to touch.
- To encourage, to prompt.
- To prick with a goad.
Synonyms of Prod
Using Prod
- The main meaning on this page is: To poke, to push, to touch. | To encourage, to prompt. | To prick with a goad.
- Useful related words include: goad, egg on, incite, force.
- In the example corpus, prod often appears in combinations such as: to prod, prod home, prod the.
Context around Prod
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prod
- In this selection, "prod" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cattle, tentative, new, past, home and businesses stand out and add context to how "prod" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tentative prod meant he and and maintenance prod ucts at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prod" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prod
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Now they playfully prod each other over their tournament predictions. (10 words)
Instead, a tentative prod meant he played into the hands of silly point. (13 words)
A lot of the new prod is NGL though, and that could lead to issues. (15 words)
If he might have done better that time, Havertz did so only a minute later: following a cross into the area, the German got enough of a touch on Gabriel Jesus’s clever header into the six-yard box to prod past Brice Samba and over the line. (48 words)
I don't have to prod them at all, all those party scenes of, whether it's him running naked after licking the toad, or it's him dancing and just going nuts as if he's living his best life, these guys just go for it. (47 words)
I inherited an electric cattle prod from my rancher father, and they know I’d use it on them if I ever saw them lying around on the couch when they were supposed to be at their jobs. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A lot of the new prod is NGL though, and that could lead to issues.
Despite all the laughter and spectacle to be had, it may even prod you to shed a tear or two.
Eventually, Stuart Broad set up a post-tea chase of 11 when he burst through Hume’s tentative prod, and left Stokes with a bit to ponder at the start of his 33rd year.
Goodman gets antsy when he spends too much time in civilization, which his wife will prod him about.
I don't have to prod them at all, all those party scenes of, whether it's him running naked after licking the toad, or it's him dancing and just going nuts as if he's living his best life, these guys just go for it.
If he might have done better that time, Havertz did so only a minute later: following a cross into the area, the German got enough of a touch on Gabriel Jesus’s clever header into the six-yard box to prod past Brice Samba and over the line.
I inherited an electric cattle prod from my rancher father, and they know I’d use it on them if I ever saw them lying around on the couch when they were supposed to be at their jobs.
Like the cattle prod, the stun gun can be useful for tranquilizing rather than killing enemies, offering a ranged alternative that can be especially valuable in low-health situations.
Superpedestrian didn’t staff out its policy proposals team with people who could form relationships with city officials and prod for more favorable regulation.
With Cherries’ defence in disarray after the first pass through the lines, it is no surprise that Haaland has time and space to prod home.
Central bankers themselves — including Mr. Powell — believed that some economic pain would probably be needed to cool consumer and business demand enough to prod businesses to stop raising prices so quickly.
Crichton says the clamour for change he first experienced when hitting the road in early 2023 has turned from a tap on the shoulder to a prod on the chest.
Feeling that urgent need, Ramsay made a rare first-half substitution to prod his team out of the half-hour slog between the two scuffling sides.
Instead, a tentative prod meant he played into the hands of silly point.
Now they playfully prod each other over their tournament predictions.
Subaru’s chunky flat-bottomed wheel feels good in your hands, and most of the things you need to poke and prod fall easily to hand.
The cattle prod/stun baton can be found in a pile of skulls near a cave by the lake that is connected to the sea.
Whether you read the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Financial Times or other business publications, you’re keenly aware economists have a wide variety of opinions that likely prod your thoughtful consideration and open mind.
You can find car care and maintenance prod-ucts at your local auto centre or hardware store.
Alastair Cook’s 42 still the top score of the innings as Essex push and prod at Chelmsford.
Common combinations with prod
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to prod 17×
- prod home 6×
- prod the 5×
- and prod 5×
- cattle prod 4×
- prod on 4×
- prod is 3×
- will prod 3×
- prod from 3×
- tentative prod 2×