transcription, транскрипция: [ spʌd ]
n. & v. --n. 1 sl. a potato. 2 a small narrow spade for cutting the roots of weeds etc. --v.tr. (spudded, spudding) 1 (foll. by up, out) remove (weeds) with a spud. 2 (also absol.; often foll. by in) make the initial drilling for (an oil well). øspud-bashing Brit. sl. a lengthy spell of peeling potatoes. [ME: orig. unkn.]