1. [informal] An edible tuber native to South America
   "They planted Murphy spuds in their garden";
   - potato, white potato [US], Irish potato [US], murphy [informal], tater [informal], tatie [UK, dialect], pratie [Ireland], tattie [UK, dialect], praty [Ireland], aloo [Asia], alu [Asia]
    
2. A sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
   "The gardener used a stump spud to remove the stubborn tree roots";
   - stump spud
    
3. (oil drilling) the initial drilling of a well
   "The spud date is set for next month"

1. Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
   "The well was spudded in April"
    
2. Dig or remove with a spud
   "They spudded the weeds from the lawn"

Derived forms: spudded, spuds, spudding

Type of: bore, drill, hand shovel, root vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, starches

Part of: potato, Solanum tuberosum, white potato [US], white potato vine

Encyclopedia: Spud