spud

(spud)

noun

any of various sharp, spadelike or chisel-like tools used for rooting out weeds, stripping off bark, etc.
Informal a potato

Origin: ME spudde, prob. < Scand, as in ON spjōt, a spear (for IE base see spike): spudsense from the use of the implement in potato digging

transitive verb, intransitive verb spudded, spudding

to dig, strip, drill, etc. with or as with a spud

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See spud in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Slang A potato.
A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds.
A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter.

transitive verb spud·ded, spud·ding, spuds

Origin:

Origin: Middle English spudde, short knife

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