Spud - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |spʌd|  American pronunciation of the word spud
Brit.  |spʌd|  British pronunciation of the word spud

noun

- an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland (syn: murphy, potato, tater)
- a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

verb

- initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
The well was spudded in April
- produce buds, branches, or germinate (syn: bourgeon, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout)

Extra examples

He had spent a whole day spudding the thistles out of a small field.

Drillers spudded in the first well in November.

The well was spudded in April

Word forms

noun
singular: spud
plural: spuds
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