cud
noun
ˈkəd 
chiefly Southern ˈku̇d,
or ˈküd
1
: food brought up into the mouth by a ruminating animal from its rumen to be chewed again
2
: quid entry 2
Example Sentences
a cow chewing its cud
Recent Examples on the Web The machine’s calmly rotating auger is reminiscent of a cow’s consistent cud chewing. 
The Hunger Coalition, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021 Seamus Heaney once characterized the Irish novelist John McGahern as a ruminant, given to chewing the cud. Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2021 The Divina Mosaica Tsavorite watch is crafted in 18-karat white gold and is set with 282 brilliant-cud diamonds on the dial and the lugs, and with 262 tsavorites. Roberta Naas, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Much of that is enteric methane, which is produced when cud-chewing animals like cows digest their food. Fortune, 2 June 2021 On a steady platform, their research concluded, heifers likely won't spew their cud. Laura Mallonee, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020 Did the ox clack its hooves together, or chew its cud rhythmically? Dave Barry, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2019 Like cows, buffalo chew cud to further extract nutrients. Kylie Mohr, National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2019 So grateful to have a chance to chew this cud with you. Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 17 Dec. 2016 See More
The Hunger Coalition, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021 Seamus Heaney once characterized the Irish novelist John McGahern as a ruminant, given to chewing the cud. Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2021 The Divina Mosaica Tsavorite watch is crafted in 18-karat white gold and is set with 282 brilliant-cud diamonds on the dial and the lugs, and with 262 tsavorites. Roberta Naas, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Much of that is enteric methane, which is produced when cud-chewing animals like cows digest their food. Fortune, 2 June 2021 On a steady platform, their research concluded, heifers likely won't spew their cud. Laura Mallonee, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020 Did the ox clack its hooves together, or chew its cud rhythmically? Dave Barry, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2019 Like cows, buffalo chew cud to further extract nutrients. Kylie Mohr, National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2019 So grateful to have a chance to chew this cud with you. Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 17 Dec. 2016 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English cudde, from Old English cwudu; akin to Old High German kuti glue, Sanskrit jatu gum
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
cud
noun
ˈkəd
: a portion of food brought up from the first stomach compartment of some animals (as the cow and sheep) to be chewed again
Medical Definition
cud
noun
ˈkəd, ˈku̇d
: food brought up into the mouth by a ruminating animal from its first stomach to be chewed again