Definition of "spudded" [spudded]

• Simple past tense and past participle of spud. (verb)

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• "The exploration group Desire Petroleum - named after HMS Desire, which claimed to have discovered the islands in 1592 - issued a statement to the London stock market today confirming its Ocean Guardian drilling rig had "spudded", or broken ground, at 2. 15pm."
• "As such, stating that Dr. Griffin was an "above average engineer" rendered the rest of your comments about as useful as a dry spudded wildcat."
• ""It appears their timetable is slipping a bit for getting a well spudded with the new rig," Schwartz said."