prodding

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prodding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

prodding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  prodding
      n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
           "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad,
           goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur,
           spurring]