SPUD
- to remove with a spade-like tool [v SPUDDED, SPUDDING, SPUDS]
- potato
- spadelike instrument, esp. one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds
- pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery
- use a spud
- to remove with a spud
- to set up earth-boring equipment, esp. for drilling an oil well
- to dig with a spud
- begin to drill (an oil well)