Spud
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English
Noun
Spud (plural Spuds)- A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.
- (informal) A potato.
- A hole in a sock.
- 1958, M, K. Joseph, I'll Soldier No More: A Novel,
- He leans over to one side to get the light, as he darns a hole in the heel of a sock. He is getting pretty smart at it now, and no longer makes spuds in the sock to chafe his heels.
- 1990, Ray Salisbury, Sweet Thursday: A Novel,
- He was getting tall too, and his trousers were short even though his turn-ups had been turned down, and he'd got a spud in his socks where his shoe rubbed where he trod over trying to walk bow-legged to look like a cowboy.
- 2000, Christopher Nolan, The Banyan Tree: A Novel,
- His wife was darning a sock, running a needle and yarn across and back, over and under, up and down, gradually filling in the big spud-hole in her husband's sock.
- 2007, Trevor Griffiths, Sam, Sam in Theatre Plays One,
- (Already becoming absorbed in his feet through the giant spud in his sock) Anyway, I'm er, I'm sorry. A quite unnecessary embarrassment for you. (He removes sock completely, begins rhythmic rubbing of webs)
- 1958, M, K. Joseph, I'll Soldier No More: A Novel,
Verb
Spud (third-person singular simple present Spuds, present participle spudding, simple past and past participle spudded)
- To begin drilling an oil well.
- (roofing) To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
- (OE chat) To be asleep in chat
Thesaurus
Irish potato, Kraut, aubergine, beans, cabbage, eggplant, greens, legumes, love apple, mad apple, pieplant, potato, potherbs, produce, rhubarb, tater, tomato, vegetables, white potato
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Pronunciation
Translations
Noun
potato
