Dictionary Entry
spud
spud is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses
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- 1noun
A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
- 2noun
A dagger.
- 3noun
Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
- 4noun
a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
- 5noun
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
- 6verb
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"
- 7verb
initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
"The well was spudded in April"
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