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- Dictionaryspud/spəd/
noun
- 1. a potato. informal
- 2. a small, narrow spade for cutting the roots of plants, especially weeds.
verb
- 1. dig up or cut (plants, especially weeds) with a spud.
- 2. make the initial drilling for (an oil well).
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1. : a tool or device (as for digging, lifting, or cutting) having the characteristics of a spade and a chisel. 2. : potato sense 2b. Examples of spud in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Verb. When the ice is thicker than four to five inches, nobody wants to keep spudding or drilling new holes every time the fish move on.
noun [ C ] infml us / spʌd / Add to word list. a potato. (Definition of spud from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spud. spud.
5 meanings: 1. → an informal word for potato (sense 1) 2. a narrow-bladed spade for cutting roots, digging up weeds, etc 3..... Click for more definitions.
a spadelike instrument, especially one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds. a chisel-like tool for removing bark. a pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery. a short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter.
n. 1. Informal A potato. 2. A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds. 3. A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter. tr.v. spud·ded, spud·ding, spuds. 1. To remove with a sharp spadelike tool. 2.
Jun 2, 2024 · A digging fork with three broad prongs. A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc. [from 1660s] A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs. A movable post through a sleeve in the hull of a work barge to anchor it to the bottom of a body of water.
noun [ C ] infml us / spʌd / Add to word list. a potato. (Definition of spud from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spud. spud.
She walked up and down with her spud for another half-hour before she could come to any conclusion. The Necromancers | Robert Hugh Benson spud answered with a joyous oath that it certainly looked like it.
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spud (spud), n., v., spud•ded, spud•ding. n. Informal Terms a potato. a spadelike instrument, esp. one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds. Building a chisellike tool for removing bark. Building a pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery.
