Definition of "prod"

prod¹

/pɹɒd/

verb
third-person singular simple present prods, present participle prodding, simple past and past participle prodded
1. (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
2. (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
  Quotations
  Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
  2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 April 2013, page 86
3. (transitive) To prick with a goad.
noun
plural prods
1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
3. A poke.
4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
  Quotations
  The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.
  1983, Popular Mechanics

prod²

noun
countable and uncountable, plural prods
1. (programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”).
2. (demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.

prod³

noun
plural prods
1. (Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod.