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SCUD
scud, scudding
(noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
scud, rack
(verb) run before a gale
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily; “She dashed into the yard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
scud (comparative more scud, superlative most scud)
(slang, Scotland) Naked.
Verb
scud (third-person singular simple present scuds, present participle scudding, simple past and past participle scudded)
(intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
(ambitransitive, nautical) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set.
(Northumbria) To hit or slap.
(Northumbria) To speed.
(Northumbria) To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.
Noun
scud (countable and uncountable, plural scuds)
The act of scudding.
Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
(uncountable) A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.
A gust of wind.
(Bristol) A scab on a wound.
A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
Any swimming amphipod.
A swift runner.
A form of garden hoe.
A slap; a sharp stroke.
(slang, uncountable, Scotland) Pornography.
(slang, uncountable, Scotland) The drink Irn-Bru.
Synonyms
• (cloud): pannus or fractus
Anagrams
• CDUs, UCSD, cuds
Etymology
The term comes from the NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud which was attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies.
Proper noun
Scud
A Soviet-developed ballistic missile.
Anagrams
• CDUs, UCSD, cuds
Source: Wiktionary
Scud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scudded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scudding.] Etym: [Dan. skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud shot, gunshot, a shoot, young bough, and to E. shoot. sq. root159. See Shoot.]
1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something. The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. I. Taylor. The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. Beaconsfield.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
Scud, v. t.
Definition: To pass over quickly. [R.] Shenstone.
Scud, n.
1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind. Borne on the scud of the sea. Longfellow. The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. Sir S. Baker.
3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any swimming amphipod crustacean. Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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