cattle prod

noun

1. a rod-shaped, usually electrified device designed for prodding or driving livestock, especially cattle.

cattle prod

noun

1. a hand-held electrified rod with low voltage used to control cattle

Example Sentences

A charity worker attacked her neighbours with an electric cattle prod and damaged their cars amid a parking row.

From BBC

A court heard how Attwood-Rees was armed with a knife, a saw, an electric cattle prod and a garden shovel when she attacked the couple on 30 May.

From BBC

In the ’80s and ’90s, there always seemed to be somebody behind us with a cattle prod telling us what to do.

From Los Angeles Times

The messages started on her Twitter account, some accusing her of using a "cattle prod" to goad her father into walking.

From BBC

With Donald J. Trump in office, using Twitter as a cattle prod to shock the country to attention multiple times a day — often over cultural topics like N.F.L. protests or “Roseanne” — there was a sense that every day on the site was a battle.

From New York Times