Spud

Quick meaning: Spud is a noun meaning (informal) A potato.

Meaning

(informal) A potato.

More Meanings

1. (informal) A hole in a sock.
2. (plumbing) A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.
3. A digging fork with three broad prongs.
4. (obsolete) Anything short and thick.
5. (obsolete, US, dialect) A piece of dough boiled in fat.
6. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
7. (obsolete) A dagger.

Example Sentences

For removing or tightening radiator spud nut.

With the tank resting upside down on an old towel or blanket, use a spud wrench or a large pair of channel-type pliers to loosen the spud nut.

His wife was darning a sock, running a needle and yarn across and back, over and under, up and down, gradually filling in the big spud-hole in her husband's sock.

He leans over to one side to get the light, as he darns a hole in the heel of a sock. He is getting pretty smart at it now, and no longer makes spuds in the sock to chafe his heels.

Word Forms

• spuds
• spudding
• spudded

Synonyms for spud

Depending on context, synonyms include shoot, germinate, pullulate, tater, bourgeon, murphy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tater, potato, sprout, germinate, bourgeon, shoot.

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