spud
noun
a potato.
Example Sentences
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Or, if you prefer softer spuds, Danny also has a genius tip for leveling up your potato salad.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Foy notes that he gets the biggest spuds he can source: “I don’t give out dinky potatoes,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
She says they had to make do with ham, pickled onions and "a few spuds that my daughter had left over mashed up with frozen broccoli and cauliflower".
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
As for “Chicken Shop Date,” the online series first began with Dimoldenberg interviewing grime artists over greasy chicken and deep fried spuds before doing the same with Hollywood celebrities.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024
Malachy looks over the fences into the other yards and tells us, They have gardens.They’re growing things We can grow things.We can have our own spuds and everything.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
