<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Informal. A potato.</li><li>A spadelike instrument, especially one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds.</li><li>A chisel-like tool for removing bark.</li><li>A pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery.</li><li>A short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter.</li><li>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.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) Spud·ded, spud·ding. To remove with a spud.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>To set up earth-boring equipment, especially for drilling an oil well.</li></ul>