[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Informal.a potato.", "a spadelike instrument, especially one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds.", "a chisel-like tool for removing bark.", "a pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery.", "a short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter.", "Surgery.an instrument having a dull flattened blade for removing substances or foreign bodies from certain parts of the body, as wax from the ear."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to remove with a spud."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to set up earth-boring equipment, especially for drilling an oil well."]}]