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scud

verb

  1. move swiftly
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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /skʌd/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English scud (“incrustation, scurf, scab, peel, shedding”), perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot, push, throw off, shed”) (see also scoot).

  1. Naked.

name

Etymology: The term comes from the NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud which was attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies.

  1. A Soviet-developed tactical ballistic missile.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English scud (“incrustation, scurf, scab, peel, shedding”), perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot, push, throw off, shed”) (see also scoot).

  1. The act of scudding.
  2. Clouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind.

    “But high above the flying scud and dark-rolling clouds, there floated a little isle of sunlight, from which beamed forth an angel's face […]”

    “... he will have a wet journey, seeing it is apout to pe a scud."”

  3. A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.

    “Small, ragged, low cloud fragments that are unattached to a larger cloud base and often seen with and behind cold fronts and thunderstorm gust fronts. Such clouds generally are associated with cool moist air, such as thunderstorm outflow.”

  4. A gust of wind.
  5. A scab on a wound.
  6. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
  7. Any swimming amphipod, usually Gammarus
  8. A swift runner.
  9. A form of garden hoe.
  10. A slap; a sharp stroke.
  11. Pornography.
  12. The drink Irn-Bru.

    “a bottle of scud”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English scud (“incrustation, scurf, scab, peel, shedding”), perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot, push, throw off, shed”) (see also scoot).

  1. To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).

    “clouds scudding across the sky”

    “When scudding on from snare to snare I plied My anxious visitation, hurrying on, Still hurrying hurrying onward ...”

  2. To run, or be driven, before a high wind with few or no sails set.

    “If the Main Topsail should by any accident be split, it will be still necessary to have a lofty Sail set in such a Sea, and the close reefed Topsail singly will be the best to scud under.”

    “all night they were obliged to scud under bare poles.”

  3. To hit or slap.
  4. To speed.
  5. To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.
  6. To scrape (skins) to remove hair etc. as part of the tanning process.