(~s, ~ding, ~ded)
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object.
He ~ded Murray with the shotgun...
Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot...
Cathy was ~ding at a boiled egg.
= poke
VERB: V n with n, V n, V at n
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Prod is also a noun.
He gave the donkey a mighty ~ in the backside.
= poke
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ someone into doing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.
The report should ~ the Government into spending more on the Health Service...
His remark ~ded her to ask where Mora had gone.
VERB: V n into n/-ing, V n to-inf
3.
see also cattle ~