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- Dictionaryspud/spʌd/
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 small spade.
- 2. make the initial drilling for (an oil well).
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Spud can be a verb meaning to dig with a spud or to drill an oil well, or a noun meaning a tool like a spade or a potato. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related terms of spud.
Spud is an informal word for a potato, a type of vegetable. Learn how to use spud in sentences, see translations and related words, and find out the origin and pronunciation of spud.
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.
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.
Spud is an informal word for potato, a root vegetable native to South America. It can also refer to a tool for digging, a pipe fitting, or a verb for drilling or sprouting.
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.
Definition of spud noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
