prod
/pɹɑd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
noun
A poke.
Example Sentences
- "Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories."
- ""It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder."
- "The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second."
- "We've hit ten million users in prod today."
- "Check our BBS for the latest prods."
- ""I don't want my daughter marrying a dirty Prod," he said."
Etymology
Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: brodden, broddr, *bruzdaz
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹɑd/
- British English: /pɹɒd/