prod
n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
[syn: {goad}, {goading}, {prodding}, {urging}, {spur}, {spurring}]
2: a pointed instrument used to prod into motion [syn: {goad}]
v 1: to push against gently [syn: {nudge}, {poke at}]
2: urge on; cause to act [syn: {incite}, {egg on}]
3: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
ribs" [syn: {jab}, {stab}, {poke}, {dig}]