Scud

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To run or skim along swiftly and easily: dark clouds scudding by.
  • verb-intransitive. Nautical To run before a gale with little or no sail set.
  • n. The act of scudding.
  • n. Wind-driven clouds, mist, or rain.
  • n. A gust of wind.
  • n. Ragged low clouds, moving rapidly beneath another cloud layer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Naked.
  • v. To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
  • v. To run before a high wind with no sails set.
  • v. To hit.
  • v. To speed.
  • v. To skim.
  • n. The act of scudding.
  • n. Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
  • n. A gust of wind.
  • n. A scab on a wound.
  • n. Pornography.
  • n. Irn-Bru.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
  • verb-intransitive. To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
  • v. To pass over quickly.
  • n. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
  • n. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
  • n. A slight, sudden shower.
  • n. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
  • n. Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To run swiftly; shoot or fly along with haste.
  • Nautical, to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
  • To throw thin flat stones so that they skip over the surface of water.
  • In tanning, to remove remaining hairs, dirt, etc., from (skins or hides) with a hand-knife after depilation.
  • To pass over quickly.
  • To beat or chastise, especially on the bare buttocks; skelp; spank.
  • n. The act of scudding; a driving along; a running or rushing with speed or precipitation.
  • n. Small detached clouds driven rapidly along under a mass of storm-cloud: a common accompaniment of rain.
  • n. A slight flying shower.
  • n. A small number of larks, less than a flock.
  • n. A swift runner; a scudder.
  • n. A smart stroke with the open hand; a skelp; a slap: as, to give one a scud on the face.
  • n. A beach-flea or sand-flea: some small crustacean, as an isopod or amphipod.
  • n. One of the largest scuds is Gammarus ornatus of the New England coast.
  • n. Dirt, lime, and fat left in the grain of a skin after it comes from the puer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. run before a gale
  • v. run or move very quickly or hastily
  • n. the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
  • Verb Form
    scudded    scudding    scuds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sail    speeding    speed    hurrying   
    Variant
    scudded    scudding   
    Form
    scudded    scudding   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    run    shower    wind    spray    cloudy    sad    drive    speed   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blood    Bud    Flood    Judd    Rudd    blood    bud    crud    dud    flood   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    honouring    wrack    forget    reverser    weasand