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to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object<my sister keeps prodding me with her pencil to move along faster>Synonymsgoad, spurRelated Wordschuck, jab, jog, nudge, poke; bore, drill, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, stab, stick; drive, propel
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to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action<a public outcry prodded the politicians into action>— see urge
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