spud

Meanings

• an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
• a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
• initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
  • "The well was spudded in April"
• produce buds, branches, or germinate

Synonyms

bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, Irish potato, murphy, potato, pullulate, shoot, sprout, stump spud, tater, white potato