Synonyms:
prod, goad
Meaning: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
spur, goad
Meaning: give heart or courage to
Synonyms:
goad
Meaning: urge with or as if with a goad
Usage examples
My Lord, I have no clothes to come to thee; My shoes are pierced and broken with the road; I am torn and weathered, wounded with the goad, And soiled with tugging at my weary load: The more I need thee!