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prodder

prodder is the agent noun of prod.

Meaning of prod

Noun (1)

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.
    • The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.1983, Popular Mechanics

Noun (2)

prod (countable and uncountable, plural prods)

  1. (countable, slang) A production; a created work.
    • Check our BBS for the latest prods.

See all 9 meanings of prod

Forms of prodder

pluralprodders

Origin of prodder

From prod + -er.

Questions about prodder

What is prodder the agent noun of?
Prodder is the agent noun of prod.

Words near prodder in the dictionary

  1. prod
  2. prod.
  3. Prodanov
  4. prodd
  5. prodded
  6. prodder
  7. prodders
  8. Proddie
  9. proddies
  10. prodding
  11. proddings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prodder (page history and authors); prod (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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