Thesaurus: spud
A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
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Definitions
- n. A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
- n. A dagger.
- n. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
- n. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
- n. a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
- v. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
- v. produce buds, branches, or germinate
- v:22/n:78 n. a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds v. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum