Noun

• S: (n) prod, goad (a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion)
• S: (n) goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring (a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something) "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"

Verb

• S: (v) spur, goad (give heart or courage to)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) spur [Related to: spur] (a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something) "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
• derivationally related form
• Overview
• S: (n) goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring (a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something) "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
• S: (n) spur, spine, acantha (any sharply pointed projection)
• S: (n) spur (tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers)
• S: (n) spur, gad (a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward) "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
• S: (n) branch line, spur track, spur (a railway line connected to a trunk line)
• S: (v) spur (incite or stimulate) "The Academy was formed to spur research"
• S: (v) spur, goad (give heart or courage to)
• S: (v) spur (strike with a spur)
• S: (v) spur (goad with spurs) "the rider spurred his horse"
• S: (v) spur (equip with spurs) "spur horses"
• synset
• S: (n) goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring (a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something) "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
• W: (n) goad [Related to: goad] (a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something) "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) goad (urge with or as if with a goad)
• S: (v) goad, prick (stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick)
• S: (v) needle, goad (annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism) "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"