cattle prod
noun
: a handheld prodding device that delivers an electric shock (as in controlling cattle)
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Instead, the officers used the Taser like a cattle prod to force Ms. Burks to comply, Mr. Stoughton said.
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Nate Rosenfield, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
In the ’80s and ’90s, there always seemed to be somebody behind us with a cattle prod telling us what to do.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
But it has also been marred by players of all stripes — ahem, Malik Monk, the sixth man for the Sacramento Kings — falling and flailing as if stung by a cattle prod.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 1 June 2023
Not with the cattle prod but with a stick.
—Fern Marja Eckman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2020
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Nate Rosenfield, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
In the ’80s and ’90s, there always seemed to be somebody behind us with a cattle prod telling us what to do.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
But it has also been marred by players of all stripes — ahem, Malik Monk, the sixth man for the Sacramento Kings — falling and flailing as if stung by a cattle prod.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 1 June 2023
Not with the cattle prod but with a stick.
—Fern Marja Eckman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2020
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“Cattle prod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cattle%20prod. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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