The Crossword Solver found answer to “In things”, 4 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : PROD
prod, prods, prodded, prodding, brod – v
to jab with something pointed
SYNONYMS
chuck, jab, jog, knock, nudge, poke, bore, drill, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, stab, stick, drive, hale, propel
EXAMPLES
“Showing your interest is another way to help prod them into making more clothes to suit you.”
“There’s lots of obdurate blocking before he picks up a couple with a well-timed forward prod.”
“You will feel when you meet a blockage and you should then prod the blockage with the rod.”
ETYMOLOGY
1530s, “to poke with a stick,” of uncertain origin; possibly [Barnhart, Century Dictionary] a variant of brod, from Middle English brodden “to goad,” from Old Norse broddr “shaft, spike” (see brad), or perhaps imitative [OED]. Compare dialectal prog “pointed instrument for poking” (1610s), also as a verb, “to poke about.”
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