Meaning

12 senses
  1. (informal)A potato.

    Kartoffel

    карто́фелинаkartófelina

    картопли́наkartoplýna

  2. (informal)A hole in a sock.

  3. A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.

  4. (usually plural, slang)A testicle.

  5. A digging fork with three broad prongs.

  6. A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.

    моты́гаmotýga, са́паsápa

    моти́каmotýka, сапа́sapá, са́пкаsápka

    a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

  7. A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.

  8. A movable post through a sleeve in the hull of a work barge to anchor it to the bottom of a body of water.

  9. A short central rod in a lighting fixture, for attachment to the light.

  10. (obsolete)Anything short and thick.

  11. (US, dialectal, obsolete)A piece of dough boiled in fat.

  12. (obsolete)A dagger.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Spud means the same thing as potato.

    deErdapfel bedeutet das Gleiche wie Kartoffel. — maaster

  2. In his tavern The Spud Inn, Tom offers a wide range of potato dishes.

    deTom bietet in seinem Gasthaus „Zur Knolle“ ein breites Sprektrum an Kartoffelgerichten an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I've brought a sack of spuds. Shall I take it straight to the cellar?

    ruЯ принёс мешок картошки. Отнести его сразу в погреб? — Wezel

    deIch habe einen Sack Kartoffeln mitgebracht. Soll ich den gleich in den Keller tragen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
informal: potato:
spade-like tool used for digging out weeds:
Русский
By meaning 2
informal: potato:
spade-like tool used for digging out weeds:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
informal: potato:

Origin

From Middle English spudde (“small knife”). Origin unknown; probably related to Danish spy

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.

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Forms

plural: spuds
Singularspud
Pluralspuds

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words

See also

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