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prod (v.)
1530s, "to poke with a stick," possibly a variant of
brod
, from M.E.
brodden
"to goad," from O.N.
broddr
"shaft, spike" (see
brad
), or perhaps onomatopoeic. Figurative sense is recorded from 1871. The noun is recorded from 1802.
