Spud - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|spʌd|
Brit.
|spʌd|
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
- 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
singular: spud
plural: spuds
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