How to pronounce "spud"

• "spud" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "spud"

Noun

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Synonyms:

• potato
• white potato
• Irish potato
• murphy
• spud
• tater

Noun

a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

Synonyms:

• spud
• stump spud

Verb

initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"

Synonyms:

• spud

Verb

produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"

Synonyms:

• shoot
• spud
• germinate
• pullulate
• bourgeon
• burgeon forth
• sprout