cattle prod

American  

noun

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

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cattle prod British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

As an actor, Dowd relished portraying the black-and-white belief system of early Aunt Lydia — in those initial days on set, she would walk among the handmaid extras, slamming her cattle prod down on desks and barking instructions.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Or when Melanie cases a punk club called the Cattle Prod, with “the three burly shirtless beardos who bodysurf off one another’s slick bellies” and “the big rockabilly guy… with fake pearl snaps and sleeves cuffed to show off his sailor tats even though he doesn’t know how to swim.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It was as if someone poked me with a cattle prod,” Mr. Rapp testified.

From New York Times