noun a prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
2. prod ·noun a light kind of crossbow;
in the sense, often spelled prodd.
3. prod ·noun a pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, ·etc.
4. prod ·vt 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.