prod

give sb. a prod with sth.

he has been trying to prod the White House into launching an anti-poverty programme.

you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only what you make it.

Then the glia discharge a bevy of chemicals that prod nociceptor terminals to release neurotransmitters in the cord, thus perpetuating a pain signal.

Gould was proder of this recording than almost any other: "Its the sexiest interpretation of Brahmss Intermezzi you ve ever heard - and I really think it is perhaps the best piano playing I have done.

2.Coldcut blade is made in special steel and adopts spring minitrim installation,which make the product wear well and bring more convenient for producing prod-ucts in various thickness.

We push and pull and poke and prod things.

He gave the contents of the Pensieve a small prod with the end of his wand.

Some colleges are providing it, prodded by the federal government.

Hundreds of tiny figures are prodding me with miniature spears.

This work of art is prodding at the awkward underbelly of Greek culture.

The industry hopes that governments will be prodded into action by the sudden expiry of so many seamen's contracts.

He prodded moodily at the lumps of charred gray fish on his plate.

It was only a painful accident that prodded scientists to reconsider this view.

Recently, U.S. officials have prodded America's allies to mend fences.

At this point, Grace became visibly distressed, and she prodded the body, and she vocalized.