To encourage or stimulate.
To incite or provoke.
To prod with a goad.
That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target.
A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose.