spud

(spud)

noun

  1. any of various sharp, spadelike or chisel-like tools used for rooting out weeds, stripping off bark, etc.
  2. 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
  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.
transitive verb spud·ded, spud·ding, spuds
  1. To remove with a sharp spadelike tool.
  2. To begin drilling operations on: spud an oil well.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English spudde, short knife

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