spud
spuhd
- 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
The well was spudded in April - v produce buds, branches, or germinate
- Even camp isn't likely to be about s'mores and spud anymore: there is math camp and weight camp and leadership camp, as though summer were about perfecting ourselves, when in .
- Dolly Pickles (Kris McQuade)--a "spud-peeler with a fag on her tongue" who ruts an American soldier while her husband has four fingers ripped off in a winching accident--calls lady .
- One Berlin newspaper last year splashed a photo of a spud on its front page alongside one of Lech, the Polish President, and inquired: "Which one is coming to visit?".