Spudding

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  • n. The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling.
  • v. Present participle of spud.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In oil-well drilling, a method of handling the rope and tools by which the first fifty or sixty feet of an oil-well are bored by the aid of the bull-wheel, the depth not being sufficient to allow of the use of the working-beam for that purpose.
    • Word Usage
    "Where else can you do cool science while also being a macho Marlbor man: wearing blue jeans, driving jeeps, spudding in oil wells while shooting Beduin bandits…"
    Verb Form
    spudded    spudding    spuds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bore    drill    hand shovel    grow   
    Cross Reference
    spud casing   
    Variant
    spudding    spudded   
    Form
    spudger    spud gun    spudlike   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dagger    potato   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blood    Bud    Flood    Judd    Rudd   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    millenia    scrubbing-brush    hand-operated    ready-service    safety/selector   
     
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