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A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching a ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A potato.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A hole in a sock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, plumbing
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noun
Anything short and thick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A piece of dough boiled in fat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A testicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally, slang
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noun
A dagger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A digging fork with three broad prongs.
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noun
A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.
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noun
A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.
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noun
A movable post through a sleeve in the hull of a work barge to anchor it to the bottom of a body of water.
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noun
A short central rod in a lighting fixture, for attachment to the light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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verb
To dig up weeds with a spud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: drilling
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verb
To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, roofing
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verb
To set up a recreational vehicle (RV) at a campsite, typically by leveling the RV and connecting it to electric, water, or sewer hookups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: camping
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noun
a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stump spud
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Broader terms: hand shovel
noun
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, tater
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Broader terms: starches, solanaceous vegetable, root vegetable
Narrower terms: baked potato, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, chips, home fries, home-fried potatoes, mashed potato, Uruguay potato
verb
produce buds, branches, or germinate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: shoot, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
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Broader terms: grow
verb
initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
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Broader terms: bore, drill
History
From Middle English spudde (“small knife”). Origin unknown; probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjót (“spear”), German Spieß (“spear; spike; skewer”). Compare English spit (“sharp, pointed rod”). The use of the term for a potato perhaps first appeared in New Zealand and Australian dialect and slang.
Across languages
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
