spud

spud  (spd)

n.

1. Slang 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. To begin drilling operations on: spud an oil well.

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[Middle English spudde, short knife.]

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spud [spʌd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an informal word for potato [1]

2. (Engineering / Tools) a narrow-bladed spade for cutting roots, digging up weeds, etc.

3. (Engineering / Tools) Also called spudder a tool, resembling a chisel, for removing bark from trees

vb spuds, spudding, spudded

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to remove (bark) or eradicate (weeds) with a spud

2. (Mining & Quarrying) (intr) to drill the first foot of an oil-well

[C15 spudde short knife, of unknown origin; applied later to a digging tool, and hence to a potato]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spud - an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato starches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers baked potato - potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven chips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries - strips of potato fried in deep fat home fries, home-fried potatoes - sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp jacket - the outer skin of a potato mashed potato - potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed Uruguay potato - similar to the common potato Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine, potato - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
	2.	spud - a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds stump spud hand shovel - a shovel that is operated by hand
Verb	1.	spud - initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April" drill, bore - make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
	2.	spud - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, sprout, pullulate, shoot grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

Translations

spud [spʌd]

A. N

1. (= potato) → patata f, papa f (LAm)

2. (Agr) (= tool) → escarda f

B. VT (Agr) → escardar

spud [ˈspʌd] n (= potato) → patate f >

spud

n (inf: = potato) → Kartoffel f; spud-bashing (Brit Mil sl) → Küchendienst m

spud [spʌd] n (fam) (potato) → patata

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spud [spʌd] n (fam) (potato) → patata