Associations to the word «Spud»

Wiktionary

SPUD, noun. (obsolete) A dagger. [From mid-15th c.]
SPUD, noun. A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc. [From 1660s.]
SPUD, noun. (informal) A potato. [From 1845.]
SPUD, noun. A hole in a sock.
SPUD, noun. (obsolete) (US) (dialect) Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
SPUD, verb. (drilling) To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.
SPUD, verb. (roofing) To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
SPUD GUN, noun. A toy gun that fires a plug of potato by compressing the air in the barrel, forcing the potato 'bullet' out at speed.
SPUD GUN, noun. A larger version of the same, powered by compressed air, butane or other propellant which fires a complete potato
SPUD HEAD, noun. (mildly pejorative) a foolish person.

Dictionary definition

SPUD, noun. An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
SPUD, noun. A sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds.
SPUD, verb. Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April".
SPUD, verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted".

Wise words

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Martin Luther King Jr.