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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPUD, n.
1. A short knife. [Little used.]
2. Any short thing; in contempt.
3. A tool of the fork kind, used by farmers.
SPUD, v.t. To dig or loosen the earth with a spud. [Local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland [syn: potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater]
2: a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds [syn: spud, stump spud] v
1: initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"
2: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (spudded; spudding) Date: 1652 transitive verb 1. to dig with a spud 2. to begin to drill (an oil well) intransitive verb to use a spud II. noun Etymology: Middle English spudde dagger Date: 1667 1. a tool or device (as for digging, lifting, or cutting) having the characteristics of a spade and a chisel 2. potato 2b

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 sl. a potato. 2 a small narrow spade for cutting the roots of weeds etc. --v.tr. (spudded, spudding) 1 (foll. by up, out) remove (weeds) with a spud. 2 (also absol.; often foll. by in) make the initial drilling for (an oil well). Phrases and idioms: spud-bashing Brit. sl. a lengthy spell of peeling potatoes. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spud Spud, n. A potato. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spud Spud, n. [Cf. Dan. spyd a spear.] 1. 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. My spud these nettles from the stone can part. --Swyft. 2. A dagger. [Obs.] --olland. 3. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat. [Local, U.S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(spuds) Spuds are potatoes. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT: usu pl

Moby Thesaurus

Irish potato, Kraut, aubergine, beans, cabbage, eggplant, greens, legumes, love apple, mad apple, pieplant, potato, potherbs, produce, rhubarb, tater, tomato, vegetables, white potato