"scud" Definition

Definitions for the word "scud" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To pass over quickly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A slight, sudden shower.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
(-dd-) 1 move straight and fast; skim along (scudding clouds). 2 naut. Run before the wind. n. 1 spell of scudding. 2 scudding motion. 3 vapoury driving clouds or shower. [perhaps an alteration of *scut]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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