spud
/spʌd/
noun
- A potato.
- Mashed spuds with butter is a classic comfort food.
- We grew our own spuds in the backyard garden.
- She peeled a few spuds for the stew.
- A short, narrow spade used for digging or cutting roots, especially weeds.
- The gardener grabbed a spud to loosen the soil around the fence.
- A spud is handy for removing stubborn weeds from the lawn.
- He used a spud to dig up the dandelions.
verb
- To dig or remove something with a spud or similar tool.
- The workers spudded a hole for the fence post.
- They spudded the old roots out of the ground.
- He spent the afternoon spudding weeds from the flower bed.