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Spud

noun

An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland. Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato.

A sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds. Synonym: stump spud.

verb

Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum.

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