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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English brodden, from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

prod (third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded)

1. (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
2. (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
3. (transitive) To prick with a goad.

Translations

Noun

prod (plural prods)

1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
3. A poke.

   "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.

4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

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Derived terms

• cattle prod

Translations

Further reading

• Cattle prod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Shortened from production.

Noun

prod (countable and uncountable, plural prods)

1. (programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”).

   We've hit ten million users in prod today.

2. (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.

   Check our BBS for the latest prods.

Anagrams

• dorp, drop

Old French

Noun

prod m (nominative singular proz)

1. (early Old French) Alternative form of pro

English

Etymology

From Middle English constreinen, from Old French constreindre, from Latin c?nstring?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: con?strain

Verb

constrain (third-person singular simple present constrains, present participle constraining, simple past and past participle constrained)

1. (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
2. (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
3. (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

Related terms

• constraint
• constrict
• restrain
• strain

Translations

Anagrams

• consarn it, consarnit, introscan, non-racist, nonracist, transonic