prod

/prɒd/ verb (present participle prodding, past tense and past participle prodded)

Translation

PUSH [I, T] › to push someone or something with your finger or with a pointed object

dürtmek, dürtüklemek

He prodded me in the back and told me to hurry up.1644

ENCOURAGE [T] › to encourage someone to do something

yüreklendirmek, dürtmek, sıkıştırmak

[+ into + doing sth] We need to prod him into making a decision.18681160

prod noun [C] ›

itme

[usually singular] to give someone a prod

(Definition of prod verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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