All prod synonyms
prod
P p verb prod
- bestir β to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- innerving β Present participle of innerve.
- jollies β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- get going β an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- call up β If you call someone up, you telephone them.
- check over β a thorough examination or investigation.
- commove β to disturb; stir up
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- hunt down β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- innerve β to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- joggle β to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
- elbow β The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.
- help out β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- nudge β to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- humping β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- call forth β to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- horn β Cape. Cape Horn.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- check up β If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- exhort β Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
- call upon β to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- commoving β Present participle of commove.
- innervate β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- curdled β Containing curds.
- chivy β to harass or nag
- chunked β a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
- goose β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- jazzed β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- bring to mind β recall
- joggling β Present participle of joggle.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- birddog β one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
- needle β a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- horned β made of horn.
- chunking β the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
- dynamize β Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- egged β the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- waken β to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
noun prod
- memory β the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- energizer β A person who, or a thing which energizes.
- knout β a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- knouts β a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- bullwhip β A bullwhip is a very long, heavy whip.