Word: spudding
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spu
dding
Definition: The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling.
Morphemes:
Affix: spud
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: spudde
Language: enm
Decoded: spudde
Meaning: small knife
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.