'Scudding' definitions:
Definition of 'scudding'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scud, scudding]
Definition of 'Scudding'
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]