Spud
noun
A potato.
She boiled some spuds for dinner.
Often appears as...
- bake a spud
- peel a spud
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A tool with a sharp point used, for instance, for making holes in the ground.
The gardener used a spud to plant the seedlings.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of wrench with a pointed handle used in plumbing.
The plumber used a spud to tighten the pipe.
Often appears as...
- use a spud
- spud wrench
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In oil drilling, the first step in drilling a new well.
The team is ready to spud in the new location.
Often appears as...
- spud a well
- spud in
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A potato.
She boiled some spuds for dinner.
Often appears as...
- bake a spud
- peel a spud
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A tool with a sharp point used, for instance, for making holes in the ground.
The gardener used a spud to plant the seedlings.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of wrench with a pointed handle used in plumbing.
The plumber used a spud to tighten the pipe.
Often appears as...
- use a spud
- spud wrench
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In oil drilling, the first step in drilling a new well.
The team is ready to spud in the new location.
Often appears as...
- spud a well
- spud in
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Colloquial Use
Spud is a casual term for potato, often used in informal speech or writing.
Let's make some fries from these spuds.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Misunderstanding
Some might confuse 'spud' for a technical term because of its non-food-related meanings.
Remember, in this context, spud means potato, not a tool.
Pro Tip 1/2Colloquial Use
Spud is a casual term for potato, often used in informal speech or writing.
Let's make some fries from these spuds.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Misunderstanding
Some might confuse 'spud' for a technical term because of its non-food-related meanings.
Remember, in this context, spud means potato, not a tool.
Pro Tip 1/2Colloquial Use
Spud is a casual term for potato, often used in informal speech or writing.
Let's make some fries from these spuds.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Misunderstanding
Some might confuse 'spud' for a technical term because of its non-food-related meanings.
Remember, in this context, spud means potato, not a tool.
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Video examples
Smokehouse - Thaw...
is the spot where I'm gonna build my fish camp and uh it's kind of an ideal location for me because my house it's only about five miles from here work on taking the bark off of these so they can sit out here and bake and kind of dry and not be so slippery I got a log spud but I used hopefully these
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History through the eyes...
Would it even have started? When you think about it like this, many major milestones in world history can all be at least partially attributed to the simple spud from the Peruvian hilltops.
Video examples
Smokehouse - Thaw...
is the spot where I'm gonna build my fish camp and uh it's kind of an ideal location for me because my house it's only about five miles from here work on taking the bark off of these so they can sit out here and bake and kind of dry and not be so slippery I got a log spud but I used hopefully these
Video examples
History through the eyes...
Would it even have started? When you think about it like this, many major milestones in world history can all be at least partially attributed to the simple spud from the Peruvian hilltops.
Example 1 of 2
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