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What (who) is cattle prod - definition
DEVICE
Stock prod; Cattleprod; Cattle prods
cattle prod
(cattle prods)
A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
...an electric cattle prod.
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Cattle prod
A cattle prod, also called a stock prod or a hot stick, is a handheld device commonly used to make cattle or other livestock move by striking or poking them. An electric cattle prod is a stick with electrodes on the end which is used to make cattle move via a relatively high-voltage, low-current electric shock.
prod
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
PROD; Prod (disambiguation)
(prods, prodding, prodded)
1.
If you prod someone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object.
He prodded Murray with the shotgun...
Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot...
Cathy was prodding at a boiled egg.
= poke
VERB: V n with n, V n, V at n
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Prod is also a noun.
He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside.
= poke
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2.
If you prod someone into doing something, you remind or persuade them to do it.
The report should prod the Government into spending more on the Health Service...
His remark prodded her to ask where Mora had gone.
VERB: V n into n/-ing, V n to-inf
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see also cattle prod
Wikipedia
Cattle prod
A cattle prod, also called a stock prod or a hot stick, is a handheld device commonly used to make cattle or other livestock move by striking or poking them. An electric cattle prod is a stick with electrodes on the end which is used to make cattle move via a relatively high-voltage, low-current electric shock. The electric cattle prod is said to have been invented by Texas cattle baron Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. of the King Ranch around 1930, although versions were sold as early as 1917.
Examples of use of cattle prod
1. For some Bush loyalists, the Clinton name acts like a cattle prod to the ribs.
2. It was like tapping a lumbering old beast with an electric cattle prod.
3. "It‘s supposed to act as a cattle prod, to make legislators and universities aware.
4. "If he really wants to get out, he will." The presence of the electric cattle prod starts to make sense.
5. He stuck his cattle prod into that part of their brains which is supposed to get them cheering to the demented echo.