spudded; spudding
: to use a spud
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: a tool or device (as for digging, lifting, or cutting) having the characteristics of a spade and a chisel
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Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
When the ice is thicker than four to five inches, nobody wants to keep spudding or drilling new holes every time the fish move on.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2019
Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
The Big Idaho Potato Hotel, located near Boise, Idaho, lets guests stay inside a six-ton potato-turned-Airbnb.
Originally built to celebrate the Idaho Potato Commission, the spud traveled the country for seven years before it was converted into a unique tiny home.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2025
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Verb
The boys spudded as many holes as Michigan law allows, the tip-ups were set up, and the hooks were baited.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
When the ice is thicker than four to five inches, nobody wants to keep spudding or drilling new holes every time the fish move on.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2019
Noun
After baking to fluffy perfection, the spud gets drizzled with a homemade pizza sauce, topped with a generous helping of pepperoni and a mozzarella cheese blend.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
The Big Idaho Potato Hotel, located near Boise, Idaho, lets guests stay inside a six-ton potato-turned-Airbnb.
Originally built to celebrate the Idaho Potato Commission, the spud traveled the country for seven years before it was converted into a unique tiny home.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2025
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“Spud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spud. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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spud
noun
: any of various small surgical instruments with a shape resembling that of a spade
use of a spud to remove a foreign object from the eye
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