The act of giving a prod.

(accountancy) A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants / (Britain) A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales or Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

(Scotland, Northern England) A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants. / (chiefly Scotland, by extension, collective) A crowd of people.

(derogatory) The kind of justice sometimes administered by the unpaid and amateur magistracy of England.