"spide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spides [plural]
Etymology: A contraction of “spider men”, referring to individuals with cobweb-like tattoos. Also refers to people who 'hang' around street corners, loitering. Head templates: {{en-noun}} spide (plural spides)
  1. (Northern Irish English, derogatory) A chav. Tags: English, Irish, Northern, derogatory Synonyms: smick
    Sense id: en-spide-en-noun-dq1q6m7f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spide
  1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of spy Tags: archaic, form-of, participle, past Form of: spy Categories (topical): People Derived forms: unspide
    Sense id: en-spide-en-verb-2732~123 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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