Synonyms for spud
spʌdspud

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1. potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, taternoun

   an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

   Synonyms:
   potato, tater, murphy, stump spud, white potato, white potato vine

2. spud, stump spudverb

   a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

   Synonyms:
   potato, murphy, stump spud, tater, white potato

3. spudverb

   initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum

   "The well was spudded in April"

   Synonyms:
   burgeon forth, bourgeon, pullulate, sprout, germinate, shoot

4. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sproutverb

   produce buds, branches, or germinate

   "the potatoes sprouted"

   Synonyms:
   shoot, teem, scud, blast, sprout, hit, film, snap, take, pullulate, bourgeon, swarm, buck, shoot down, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, develop, stock, scoot, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, pour, stream, fool, photograph, tear, dash, flash, pip, evolve

Matched Categories

1. • Drill
   • Grow
   • Root Vegetable
   • Starches

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1. List of paraphrases for "spud":

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1. Graffito, reported by Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 1980:

   Cogito ergo spud. - I think, therefore I yam