cattle prod
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.20 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.
Example Sentences
- "Social media is only as virtuous as the people using it. With Donald J. Trump in office, using Twitter as a cattle prod to shock the country to attention multiple times a day — often over cultural topics like N.F.L. protests or “Roseanne” — there was a sense that every day on the site was a battle."
- "(They cattle prodded people trying to get them to move, but to no avail.)"
- "(The website locks streams at highest resolution to cattle prod users to pay higher bandwidth fees.)"