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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

Etymology: 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 spud′·ded, spudding spud′·ding

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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