spud

Noun

• a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

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

Verb

• produce buds, branches, or germinate
  • the potatoes sprouted
    

• initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
  • The well was spudded in April
    

Related words

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