1. (noun) potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Synonyms: potato, tater, murphy, stump spud, spud, white potato, white potato vine
2. (verb) spud, stump spud
a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
Synonyms: potato, murphy, spud, stump spud, tater, white potato
3. (verb) spud
initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
Synonyms: burgeon forth, bourgeon, pullulate, sprout, germinate, shoot
4. (verb) shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
produce buds, branches, or germinate
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, spud, flash, pip, evolve
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Synonyms and Antonyms of SPUD 
