Profitableness

Definition

prod /prɒd/ v ( -dd- ) ၁။ ~ ( at sb/sth ) ထိုးသည္။ ေတာက္သည္။ တို႔သည္။ ဆြသည္။ He prodded me in the ribs with his rifle. ❍ They prodded at the animal through the bars of its cage. ❍ NUDGE ၂။ ~ sb (into sth/doing sth) ( infml ) ဆြေပးသည္။ ေစ့ေဆာ္သည္။ တို႔ေပးသည္။ He needs to be prodded to do anything like that. ❍ The museum had prodded him into leaving his art collection to them. n ၁။ ထိုးျခင္း။ တို႔ျခင္း။ ဆြျခင္း။ She gave the man a sharp prod with her umbrella. ၂။ ( infml ) ႏိႈးေဆာ္ျခင္း။ တို႔ေပးျခင္း။ If you don't receive an answer by next week, give them a gentle prod. ❏ prodding n [U] တိုက္တြန္းျခင္း။ ႏိႈးေဆာ္ျခင္း။ ထိုးဆြျခင္း။ He needed no prodding. ❍ A little judicious prodding may be necessary at this stage.

Examples

1. She prodded him in the back with her umbrella.
2. [prod someone into doing something] : I had to prod Tony into taking care of the problem.