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| spud [ spud ] |
noun (plural spuds) |
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1. food
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slang
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Same as potato (sense 1) (sense 2)
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2. gardening garden implement: a spade with a sharp narrow blade, used for cutting through roots and digging up weeds
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verb (past and past participle spud·ded, present participle spud·ding, 3rd person present singular spuds) |
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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
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2. transitive verb gardening dig something up with spud: to use a spud to dig up weeds or cut through roots
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