Overview of noun spud

The noun spud has 2 senses

• potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater -- (an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland)


• spud, stump spud -- (a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds)

Overview of verb spud

The verb spud has 2 senses

• spud -- (initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April")


• shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout -- (produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted")