spud
Plural
spuds
1
a potato
- I'm craving some crispy spud tonight.
- My brother taught me the best way to cook spuds over the campfire.
2
a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
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3
a children's game in which players throw a ball in the air and must avoid being hit by it, or they receive a letter toward the word "spud"
Spud is a children's game where one player throws a ball into the air, and the others try to avoid being hit by it. When the ball lands, the person who is hit or fails to move away in time must stand still and shout "Spud!" The player who threw the ball then calls out a letter of the word "SPUD." As the game continues, players accumulate letters, and the first person to spell "SPUD" is out. The last player remaining who has not spelled the word is the winner. The game encourages quick reflexes and movement.