give somebody a prod

He gave Meg a prod between the shoulders and she went ahead of him into the room.

He gave the wire-netting an experimental prod: it moved easily.

I think it's likely my old pal Mimi gave him a prod or two.

All of which gave her a guilty prod that she hadn't been back to Nik's for ages.

He came to the point at once, giving the body on the ground a prod with boot toe.

Death waited for a moment, and then gingerly gave the robe a prod with his foot.

Give it a prod and you'll see what I mean.

"I'll get onto them this morning, see if I can give them a prod."

He spoke to the elderly man then and gave Hannah a gentle prod.

She gave him a gentle prod with her toe.