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

1. Dig (up) with a spade
   "I spade compost into the flower beds"

Sounds like: spayed

Derived forms: spaded, spades, spading

Type of: Black, Black person, cut into, delve, dig, hand shovel, Negro, Negroid, playing card, turn over

Part of: major suit

Encyclopedia: Spade, Kate Spade Spade, Texas Spade, TX