Meaning of Prod | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
2. Clipping of production (“the live environment”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable
3. A Protestant, (as termed by Roman Catholics), that is in the context of their religious beliefs, or those who have been born in the Protestant tradition, or sometimes those implied to be Protestant by their political ideology of Irish unionism or Ulster loyalism.
   Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, slur, sometimes
4. Alternative letter-case form of Prod (“protestant”).
   Ireland, UK, alt-of, derogatory, slang, sometimes
5. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
6. A production; a created work.
   countable, slang
7. A poke.
8. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

Equivalents

Examples

“"It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.”

“The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.”

“We've hit ten million users in prod today.”

“Check our BBS for the latest prods.”

“"I don't want my daughter marrying a dirty Prod," he said.”

“'Could be a lot of things,' McCormack said. 'Still, it narrows things down. Probably a Prod […]'.”

“It was sound advice for anyone visiting Northern Ireland in 1999 and remains so today: do not refer to Protestants as “Prods”, or to Catholics as “Fenians” or “Taigs”, and whatever you do don’t refer to your visit as “being out here”.”

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