Crossword clues for prodded
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: prod)
WordNet
v. to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant" [syn: nudge, poke at]
urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" [syn: incite, egg on]
poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, stab, poke, dig]
See prod
Usage examples of "prodded".
The Commissioner prodded it and it extruded a sheet of translucent lime green, covered with Seti script.
He kicked and prodded through the mulch and uncovered not the slightest trace of habitation.
While Paul went with the others to search the area for sled skids, Fulmar carefully prodded through the overheated circle beneath it, sniffing as he went.
He had also shortened the cord of his voder so that it no longer prodded his ear or the back of his head.
Jilamey prodded escaping snakes until they retreated far enough upwind to lose the pig-redolent air.
She prodded with her feather at clumps momentarily caught on the lip of the unit.
You -’ the hard black nose of some weapon Sass couldn't name prodded her ribs, already sore.
Sassinak settled herself with a sigh, and prodded the service pad until its light came on.
Her Great-great-great prodded Ford into finding her liquor cabinet, poured drinks for everyone, and offered a toast ‘To the survivors!
I tried not to let my voice break but it did, and then a gentle finger prodded me.
The Kolnari had not moved or spoken since they ordered the others down on the floor, except when one of the stationers so much as twitched—in which case they prodded them with the muzzle of a plasma rifle, hard, as one had just done to Channa.
And, with the index finger of his free hand, he prodded the bedspread, miming the moves he would have to make.
For an hour, they poked, prodded, peered, squeezing carefully into compartments on either side of this broad but squat ceilinged avenue.
Lars hunkered down, and with the end of his hammer, carefully prodded the mound, examining the end of the tool when he'd finished.
She was having to shout over the noise they made, 'need to be shown how it feels to be stripped and cut, slashed and dug, prodded and pulled and flayed.