spade

Meanings

Plural: spades

Noun

• a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
  • "she led a low spade"
  • "spades were trumps"
• a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
• (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
• 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.
• A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
• A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
• A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
• A black person.

Verb

• dig (up) with a spade
  • "I spade compost into the flower beds"
• To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.
• simple past and past participle of spay

Synonyms

coon, jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra