spud🔊

(informal) A potato.

(informal) A hole in a sock.

(plumbing) A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.

(obsolete) Anything short and thick.

(dialect) A piece of dough boiled in fat.

(in the plural) A testicle.

(obsolete) A dagger.

A digging fork with three broad prongs.

A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.

A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.

A movable post through a sleeve in the hull of a work barge to anchor it to the bottom of a body of water.

(television) A short central rod in a lighting fixture, for attachment to the light.

To dig up weeds with a spud.

To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.

To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.

To set up a recreational vehicle (RV) at a campsite, typically by leveling the RV and connecting it to electric, water, or sewer hookups.

A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching a ball.