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spud

   [spuhd] ,noun, verb, spud·ded, spud·ding.
noun
1.
Informal. a potato.
2.
a spadelike instrument, especially one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds.
3.
a chisellike tool for removing bark.
4.
a pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery.
5.
a short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter.
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6.
Surgery. an instrument having a dull flattened blade for removing substances or foreign bodies from certain parts of the body, as wax from the ear.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
7.
to remove with a spud.

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Verb phrase
8.
spud in, to set up earth-boring equipment, especially for drilling an oil well.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English spudde short knife < ?
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Word Origin & History

spud
c.1440 "small or poor knife," of uncertain origin probably related to Dan. spyd, O.N. spjot "spear," Ger. Spiess "spear, lance"). Meaning "spade" is from 1667; sense of "short or stumpy person or thing" is from 1687; that of "potato" is first recorded 1845 in New Zealand English.
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Medical Dictionary

spud (spŭd)
n.
A blunt triangular knife used for removing foreign bodies from the cornea.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary

spud definition

[spəd]
  1. n.
    a potato. : Mashed spuds are the best of all.
  2. n.
    vodka. (Presumed to be made from potatoes.) : She keeps a big jug of spud in the reefer and drinks it like water.
  3. n.
    a vodka drunkard. : That silly spud thinks we can't smell what's on her breath.
  4. n.
    a short person. (Also a term of address.) : He can jump pretty high for a spud.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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