A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
A production; a created work.
A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
A poke.
To encourage, to prompt.
To prick with a goad.
To poke, to push, to touch.