Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spud
Participle: spudded
Gerund: spudding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spud |
| you | spud |
| he;she;it | spuds |
| we | spud |
| you | spud |
| they | spud |
Perfect
| I | have spudded |
| you | have spudded |
| he;she;it | has spudded |
| we | have spudded |
| you | have spudded |
| they | have spudded |
Past
| I | spudded |
| you | spudded |
| he;she;it | spudded |
| we | spudded |
| you | spudded |
| they | spudded |
Pluperfect
| I | had spudded |
| you | had spudded |
| he;she;it | had spudded |
| we | had spudded |
| you | had spudded |
| they | had spudded |
Future
| I | will spud |
| you | will spud |
| he;she;it | will spud |
| we | will spud |
| you | will spud |
| they | will spud |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spudded |
| you | will have spudded |
| he;she;it | will have spudded |
| we | will have spudded |
| you | will have spudded |
| they | will have spudded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spud |
| you | spud |
| he;she;it | spud |
| we | spud |
| you | spud |
| they | spud |
Perfect
| I | have spudded |
| you | have spudded |
| he;she;it | have spudded |
| we | have spudded |
| you | have spudded |
| they | have spudded |
Imperfect
| I | spudded |
| you | spudded |
| he;she;it | spudded |
| we | spudded |
| you | spudded |
| they | spudded |
Pluperfect
| I | had spudded |
| you | had spudded |
| he;she;it | had spudded |
| we | had spudded |
| you | had spudded |
| they | had spudded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spud |
| you | would spud |
| he;she;it | would spud |
| we | would spud |
| you | would spud |
| they | would spud |
Perfect
| I | would have spudded |
| you | would have spudded |
| he;she;it | would have spudded |
| we | would have spudded |
| you | would have spudded |
| they | would have spudded |
Imperative
| you | spud |
| we | Let's spud |
| you | spud |
Verbs conjugated like 'spud'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spud'
scud,
skud,
spod,
spur,
stud,
bud,
chud,
cud,
feud,
gaud,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spudde (“small knife”). Origin unknown; probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjót (“spear”), German Spieß (“spear; spike; skewer”). Compare English spit (“sharp, pointed rod”). The use of the term for a potato perhaps first appeared in New Zealand and Australian dialect and slang. See: English '
spit'.
Verbs referencing "spud"
English
spod.
Sample Sentences
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There was thistle-spudding all over the Marsh; an army of thistles, an army of spudders. [1936, Radclyffe Hall, The Sixth Beatitude:]
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A rope called the jerk line is attached to the wrist pin of the band-wheel crank, brought inside the derrick, and attached to the part of the drilling cable which extends from the crown pulley to the bull-wheel shaft by a curved metal slide called a spudding shoe. (See fig. 8.) [1911, Isaiah Bowman, United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 257: Well-Drilling Methods, page 46:]
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When a well is spudded, the drilling assembly is loosely tied to the guide wires with 1/2″ manila rope. [1999, Steve Devereux, Drilling for Oil & Gas: A Nontechnical Guide, page 86:]
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Spudding is the process of lifting and dropping the pile constantly until the obstruction is broken into pieces. Obviously, spudding cannot be done with lighter piles (timber or pipe piles). Concrete piles and steel H-piles are good candidates for spudding. [2008, Ruwan Rajapakse, Pile Design and Construction Rules of Thumb, page 367:]
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Prepayments of drilling expenses are deductible by tax-shelter investors only if the well is “spudded” within 90 days after the close of the taxable year in which the prepayment was made, and the deduction is limited to the original amount of the investment. [2008, J. K. Lasser, J.K. Lasser′s Your Income Tax: 2009, Professional, Edition, page 238:]