spud /spud/

1. A potato (informal)
2. A small narrow digging tool with a spadelike blade
3. A stumpy person or thing
4. A blunt needle used to remove foreign bodies embedded in the eye (medicine)
5. A support for earthmoving or drilling machinery

1. To dig with a spud
2. (to position (machinery) in order) to start excavating or drilling (eg an oil-well)

spuddˈing noun

(also spuddˈing-in) the process of starting to excavate or drill (eg an oil-well by boring a hole in the seabed)

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