Spud (disambiguation)
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Spud is a common nickname for the potato.
Spud may also refer to:
In nicknames:
Spud may also refer to:
- Spud (novel), a 2005 novel by John Howard van de Ruit
- Spud (film)Spud (film)Spud is a South African film directed by Donovan Marsh, based on the novel of the same name by John van de Ruit. The film stars Troye Sivan as the title character. It was released in South Africa on 3 December 2010.-Plot:...
, a 2010 film adaptation of the novel directed by Donovan Marsh
- Spud (film)
- Spud (game)SPUD (game)Spud is a popular children's game where players try to eliminate each other by catching and throwing a ball. It is related to "call ball" and "ball tag". As few as three may play, with no upper limit. A small soft ball and an open area to run in is required....
, a children's game - Spuds, FloridaSpuds, FloridaSpuds is an unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The name is appropriate, as it lies in a region that depends economically on potato growing and other agriculture. As well as potatoes, the land around Spuds provides gladioli...
, U.S. - Bark spud (tool)Bark spud (tool)The Bark spud, is an implement which is used to remove bark from felled timber....
, a hand tool used for removing bark from logs - Spud barSpud barthumb|right|250px|A spud bar, scale in inches/feetA spud bar, or in British English usually crowbar or just bar, is a long straight metal bar used lengthwise as a hand tool to deliver blows to a target, causing the target to move, break up or deform. It can also be used as a lever to move objects...
, a hand tool designed to deliver blows to a target - SPD (Sellers Property Disclosure), often referred to as a "spuds report"
In nicknames:
- Jim BolgerJim BolgerJames Brendan "Jim" Bolger, ONZ was the 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997. Bolger was elected on the promise of delivering a "Decent Society" following the previous Labour government's economic reforms, known as Rogernomics...
(born 1935), former Prime Minister of New Zealand- Spud OneSpud OneSpud One was an informal name adopted by New Zealand civil servants for the Boeing 727 aircraft of No. 40 Squadron RNZAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force carrying Prime Minister Jim Bolger....
, a Boeing 727 used by Jim Bolger
- Spud One
- Mark Carroll (rugby league)Mark Carroll (rugby league)Mark Carroll is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A prop-forward, he represented Australia internationally and New South Wales in State of Origin and played club football for the Penrith Panthers, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and...
(born 1967), Australian rugby league player - Spud ChandlerSpud ChandlerSpurgeon Ferdinand "Spud" Chandler was an American right-handed starting pitcher in major league baseball, who played his entire career for the New York Yankees from 1937 through 1947...
(1907–1990), American baseball player - James CurtinJames CurtinJames Curtin , better known by his ring name Spud, is a British professional wrestler. Curtin, known for his small stature, is considered the smallest mainstream wrestler in the United Kingdom....
(born 1983), British professional wrestler - Danny FrawleyDanny FrawleyDanny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach and a current football commentator with Fox Sports.He is the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Melbourne Football Club player James Frawley.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, after attending...
(born 1963), former Australian rules footballer and coach - Spuds MacKenzieSpuds MacKenzieSpuds MacKenzie was a fictional dog character created for use in an advertising campaign marketing Bud Light beer in the late 1980s. The dog first showed up in a Bud Light Super Bowl XXI ad in 1987...
, a canine mascot in an advertising campaign for Bud Light - Arthur "Spud" P. Spudinski, a character in American Dragon: Jake Long
- Spud WebbSpud WebbAnthony Jerome Webb , also known as Spud Webb, is a retired American NBA professional basketball point guard most notable for winning a slam dunk contest despite being one of the shortest NBA players in the history of the league...
(born 1963), American basketball player - Spud the Scarecrow, a character in Bob the BuilderBob the BuilderBob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specialising in masonry in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of...
- Daniel Murphy, a character in TrainspottingTrainspotting (novel)Trainspotting is the first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. It is written in the form of short chapters narrated in the first person by various residents of Leith, Edinburgh, who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are...
- Simon "Spud" Beggs, former guitarist in Mondo GeneratorMondo GeneratorMondo Generator is an American metal/punk hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri. The name of the band originated when Brant Bjork spray-painted the words on the side of Oliveri's Sunn amplifier. Mondo means "world" in Italian...
See also
- Idaho SpudIdaho SpudThe Idaho Spud is a candy bar made by the Idaho Candy Company. It has been produced since 1918 and is distributed throughout the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
, a candy bar - Spud mud, mud used to drill a well from surface to a shallow depth
- Spud gun, a child's toy or a larger pipe-based cannon