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cattle prods

cattle prods is the plural of cattle prod.

cattle prods is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cattle prod.

Meaning of cattle prod

Noun

cattle prod (plural cattle prods)

  1. A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.
  2. (figuratively) Something used to goad or push someone to act.
    • Social media is only as virtuous as the people using it. With Donald J. Trump in office, using Twitter as a cattle prod to shock the country to attention multiple times a day — often over cultural topics like N.F.L. protests or “Roseanne” — there was a sense that every day on the site was a battle.2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times

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Questions about cattle prods

What is cattle prods the plural of?
Cattle prods is the plural of cattle prod.

Words near cattle prods in the dictionary

  1. cattle post
  2. cattle posts
  3. cattle prod
  4. cattle prodded
  5. cattle prodding
  6. cattle prods
  7. cattle ranch
  8. cattle ranches
  9. cattle station
  10. cattle stations
  11. cattle tick

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