Spade
WordNet

noun


(1)   A sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
(2)   A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
"She led a low spade"
"Spades were trumps"
(3)   (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
"Only a Black can call another Black a nigga"

verb


(4)   Dig (up) with a spade
"I spade compost into the flower beds"
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Etymology


From spadu, spada, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Frisian spada, Old Saxon spado, German Spaten. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spə-dh-, whence also Greek σπάθη (spáthē) ‘blade’, Hittite išpatar ‘spear’.

Noun



  1. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
  2. A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
    I've got only one spade in my hand.
  3. A black person.
 
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