Green’s Dictionary of Slang

prod n.3

[SE prod, a pointed implement]

1. the act of sexual intercourse.

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[UK]Partridge DSUE (1984) 924/2: C.19–20.
[US] in G. Legman Limerick (1953) 255: When he went for a prod— / You could hear the girl yell for a block.

2. (US drugs) an injection.

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[US]Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Sl.
[US]J.E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo and Lore.

3. the penis.

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[US] in Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 524: That’s where I met Lulu, the girl I adore, / A cock-suckin’, prod-fuckin’ Mexican whore.
[US]G. Underwood ‘Razorback Sl.’ in AS L:1/2 64: prod 1: n Penis.
Bazarov A Rube’s Story 🌐 An’ when they do get a-itchin’ after some old cooze, i’tain’t their own mothers they likely be wantin’ t’ stick the prod t’.

SE in slang uses

In phrases

give someone the prod (v.)

(Aus.) to warn, to give an order.

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[Aus]D. Niland Shiralee 69: They gave you the prod to get out of town.
on the prod (also on the peck) [SE prod, to poke at]

(US) on the attack, on the offensive, angry.

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[US]A. Adams Log of a Cowboy 80: The family was on the prod bigger than a wolf.
[US]S.E. White Arizona Nights 89: When a cow has sense enough to ‘get on the peck,’ there is no driving her further.
[US]C.E. Mulford Bar-20 Days 18: Blast these hard nails—my feet are shore on th’ prod.
[Aus]L. Esson Drovers (1977) 5: They’re on the prod all right, and looking for trouble.
[US]C. Panzram Journal of Murder in Gaddis & Long (2002) 42: I fought and I licked everybody [...] Then they got tired of me being on the prod all the time so they canned me.
[Can]Winnipeg Jrnl (Manitoba) 29 Nov. n.p.: ‘He like to bit your head off, didn’t he?’ ‘He’s sure on the peck’.
[US]C.B. Yorke ‘Snowbound’ in Gangster Stories Oct. n.p.: ‘He’s been on the prod against this dope racket’.
[US]O. Strange Sudden 35: Few of them had any desire to tangle with the sturdy Irishman when he ‘went on the prod’.
[US]N. Algren Never Come Morning (1988) 68: He’s on the prod fer you, all he’s after is to get you sore.
[US]E. Hemingway letter 14 Oct. in Baker Sel. Letters (1981) 790: They must have stolen some very fine ones when they were on the prod in Flanders.
[US]B. Jackson Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 75: Once a hooligan mob was on the prod / and was quick to call my bluff.
[US]M. Braly False Starts 186: Those on the prod, about to jump the fence, might think twice.
[US]C. Stroud Close Pursuit (1988) 147: She’s a steward for The Guardians. She’s always on the prod around the white guys.