spud

A potato.

A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds.

A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter.

To remove with a sharp spadelike tool.

To begin drilling operations on.

To remove by means of a spud: often with up or out.

To drill (a hole) by spudding (which see, below).

A stout knife or dagger.

A small spade, or a spade having a small blade, with a handle of any length; a small cutting-blade fixed in the axis of its handle, somewhat like a chisel with a very long handle, for cutting the roots of weeds without stooping.

A spade-shaped tool for recovering lost or broken tools in a tube-well.