Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prodding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prod \Prod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prodded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Prodding}.]
To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with
something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to
prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a
student. --H. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prodding
n : a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: {goad},
{goading}, {prod}, {urging}, {spur}, {spurring}]
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