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Spud   /spəd/   Listen
Spud

noun
1.
An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.  Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato.
2.
A sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds.  Synonym: stump spud.
verb
1.
Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum.
2.
Produce buds, branches, or germinate.  Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout.



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"Spud" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the boy's arm amid all that spud and foam. But the first attempt to throw the loop of his rope over ...
— The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour - The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain • George A. Warren


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