'Scud' definitions:

Definition of 'scud'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scud, scudding]
verb
Run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot]
verb
Run before a gale [syn: scud, rack]

Definition of 'Scud'

From: GCIDE
  • Scud \Scud\, v. t. To pass over quickly. [R.] --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scud'

From: GCIDE
  • Scud \Scud\, n.
  • 1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind. [1913 Webster]
  • Borne on the scud of the sea. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. --Sir S. Baker. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean. [1913 Webster]
  • Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scud'

From: GCIDE
  • Scud \Scud\ (sk[u^]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scudded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scudding.] [Dan. skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud shot, gunshot, a shoot, young bough, and to E. shoot. [root]159. See Shoot.]
  • 1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something. [1913 Webster]
  • The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'scud'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Scud'