spud

nouns

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Irish potato, murphy, potato, spud, tater, white potato

a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

spud, stump spud

initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum

"The well was spudded in April"

spud

is a type of (narrower)

make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

"don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"

produce buds, branches, or germinate

"the potatoes sprouted"

bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud