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BNC: 26981 COCA: 26210

spud

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
spud /ˈspʌd/ noun
plural spuds
spud
/ˈspʌd/
noun
plural spuds
Learner's definition of SPUD
[count] informal
: potato 1
BNC: 26981 COCA: 26210

spud

1 of 2

verb

spudded; spudding

transitive verb

1
: to dig with a spud
2
: to begin to drill (an oil well)

intransitive verb

: to use a spud

spud

2 of 2

noun

1
: a tool or device (as for digging, lifting, or cutting) having the characteristics of a spade and a chisel
2

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
When the ice is thicker than four to five inches, nobody wants to keep spudding or drilling new holes every time the fish move on. The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2019 The old days of spudding a hole in a foot of ice and huddling and freezing over it for hours on an upturned five-gallon pail are just that—the old days. The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2019
Noun
Now, 70 years later, the Chamber of St. Matthews is reviving the spud-tacular celebration. The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2022 Fund is designed to highlight more one-of-a-kind destination homes like the Big Idaho Potato Hotel in Boise, Idaho, which looks like a giant spud from the outside and features cozy accommodations including a fireplace and antler-carved chandelier. Martine Paris, Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022 Kick your spud game up a notch with these extra creamy, subtly spicy mashed potatoes. Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 5 Aug. 2022 Like the cover of the soundtrack album, the Elvis spud holds a ukulele and wears a red Hawaiian shirt and yellow lei. Ken Budd, Washington Post, 25 May 2022 Rather than a spud, the results stipulated that the sample was a tuber — the underground stem of a plant. Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022 State’s deep roots with tubers pay off as demand sprouts; ‘this spud’s for you’ Gil LaJoie, co-owner of LaJoie Growers, uses a forklift to move potatoes onto a refrigerated boxcar at the company’s packing house in Van Buren, Maine. Jennifer Levitz, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022 Others thought its shape looked more like a chicken than a spud. Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022 The steak entrée options include: steak and white cheddar sandwich, steak and gorgonzola salad or loaded steak spud. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English spudde dagger

First Known Use

Verb

1652, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of spud was in 1652
BNC: 26981 COCA: 26210

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