prodding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prodding	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prodding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodding n a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" Synonym(s): goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring
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.