noun

1. coarse food for cattle, horses, sheep, etc., as cornstalks, hay, and straw
2. 1. something, esp. information, that is thought of as being in large supply and, often, inferior, raw or coarse, etc. promotional fodder in mass media
   2. the basis or basic material for something fodder for celebrity gossip

Etymology: ME < OE fodor (akin to Ger futter) < base of foda, food

transitive verb