spud

/spˈʌd/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
2. a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

verb

1. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
   “The well was spudded in April”
2. produce buds, branches, or germinate
   “the potatoes sprouted”

Synonyms for spud

• potato
• white potato
• Irish potato
• murphy
• tater
• stump spud
• shoot
• germinate
• pullulate
• bourgeon
• burgeon forth
• sprout

Words that rhyme with spud

• flood
• stud
• blood
• bud
• dud
• mud
• thud
• crud
• scud
• lifeblood
• redbud
• rudd
• blueblood
• budd
• budde
• cudd
• dudd
• ehud
• flud
• fludd
• judd
• lebudde
• mudd
• nudd
• rud
• sudd
• trueblood
• uhde
• youngblood