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spud
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- Conjugation :
past
spudded
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ing
spudding
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Derivatives :
n
spudder
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- spud
[spʌd]
[spʌd]
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1.
noun
草锄；（除树皮用的）铲凿
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2.
noun
[Spoken]
土豆，马铃薯
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3.
vt.
锄，挖，凿，剥
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4.
vi.
锄，挖，凿，剥
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5.
noun
[Slang]
马铃薯
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6.
noun
[Slang]
伏特加酒（人们认为它是由马铃薯制成）
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7.
noun
[Slang]
老喝伏特加的酒鬼
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8.
noun
[Slang]
身材矮小的人（也作称谓）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- spud
[sp^d]
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1.
n
spudder a tool, resembling a chisel, for removing bark from trees
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2.
n
an informal word for potato
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3.
n
a narrow-bladed spade for cutting roots, digging up weeds, etc
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to remove (bark) or eradicate (weeds) with a spud
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5.
vi.
[intr]
to drill the first foot of an oil-well
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6.
vi.
[Etymology]
C15 spudde short knife, of unknown origin; applied later to a digging tool, and hence to a potato
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