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spud

spud [ spud ]


noun  (plural spuds)
Definition:
 
1. food  ( slang )
Same as  potato (sense 1) (sense 2)


2. gardening garden implement: a spade with a sharp narrow blade, used for cutting through roots and digging up weeds



verb  (past and past participle spud·ded, present participle spud·ding, 3rd person present singular spuds)
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb start drilling oil well: to use a large bit to drill the upper part of the bore of a new oil well

2. transitive verb gardening dig something up with spud: to use a spud to dig up weeds or cut through roots

[15th century. Origin ?]
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