spud

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spud / spəd/ • n. 1. inf. a potato.2. a small, narrow spade for cutting the roots of plants, esp. weeds.3. [often as adj.] a short length of pipe that is used to connect two components or that takes the form of a projection from a fitting to which a pipe may be screwed: a spud washer.4. a chisel-like tool, as for removing bark or digging into ice.• v. (spud·ded, spud·ding) [tr.] 1. dig up or cut (plants, esp. weeds) with a spud.2. make the initial drilling for (an oil well).

spud

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spud †short or poor knife or dagger XV; spadelike implement for digging or weeding XVII; stumpy person or thing XVII; potato XIX. of unkn. orig
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spud

views updated May 14 2018

spud (spud) n. a blunt needle used for removing foreign bodies embedded in the cornea of the eye.

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