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Meanings of
prodding
in English
Portuguese
ferrão
Catalan
empenta
Spanish
acicate
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A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
urging
spur
prod
spurring
goad
goading
Portuguese
ferrão
Usage of
prodding
in English
1
Without much
prodding
,
Dendera and Nessa agree to remain in their room.
2
SandRidge has made changes in recent months after some
prodding
by Icahn.
3
But the Rube kept on digging and
prodding
in the upper berths.
4
But business leaders and some politicians have been
prodding
him to stay.
5
Olsson, totally unmarked, had the simple task of
prodding
over the line.
6
With a long
prodding
rod he lifted one end of the canvas.
7
Rank-and-file employees were already
prodding
executives to go further over the weekend.
8
More probing and
prodding
went on in the middle of her back.
9
It takes a good deal of
prodding
to put up a gun-bullock.
10
By which I mean he was
prodding
me with a riding crop.
11
He turned and bolted for the stairs,
prodding
Della ahead of him.
12
Neewa stopped and began
prodding
with his nose under a rotten log.
13
After some not-so-gentle
prodding
,
they offered up the name Jennifer Rothschild Robinson.
14
The kid loves books and rarely needs
prodding
to browse the aisles.
15
Then they both felt the
prodding
feet of the orderlies against them.
16
We agreed that together we would keep
prodding
them if they wavered.
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prodding
prodd
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
little prodding
much prodding
constant prodding
insistent prodding
Translations for
prodding
Portuguese
ferrão
Catalan
empenta
incentiu
esperó
fible
fibló
agulló
estímul
Spanish
acicate
estímulo
incitación
exhorto
empujón
aguijoneo
Prodding
through the time
Prodding
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common