cattle prod
See also: cattleprod and cattle-prod
English
Alternative forms
- cattle-prod, cattleprod
Noun
cattle prod (plural cattle prods)
- 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.
- (figuratively) Something used to goad or push someone to act.
Synonyms
- cattle goad, stock prod
Translations
stick designed to goad animals
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Verb
cattle prod (third-person singular simple present cattle prods, present participle cattle proding, simple past and past participle cattle proded)
- (figuratively) to goad or push someone to act
- They cattle prodded people trying to get them to move, but to no avail.
- Web site locks streams at highest resolution to cattle prod users to pay higher bandwidth fees.
References
- cattle prod at OneLook Dictionary Search