Scud

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  • intransitive verb. To run or skim along swiftly and easily.
  • intransitive verb. To run before a gale with little or no sail set.
  • noun. The act of scudding.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Wind-driven clouds, mist, or rain.
  • noun. A gust of wind.
  • noun. Ragged low clouds, moving rapidly beneath another cloud layer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Dirt, lime, and fat left in the grain of a skin after it comes from the puer.
  • 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.
  • noun. The act of scudding; a driving along; a running or rushing with speed or precipitation.
  • noun. Small detached clouds driven rapidly along under a mass of storm-cloud: a common accompaniment of rain.
  • noun. A slight flying shower.
  • noun. A small number of larks, less than a flock.
  • noun. A swift runner; a scudder.
  • noun. A smart stroke with the open hand; a skelp; a slap: as, to give one a scud on the face.
  • noun. A beach-flea or sand-flea: some small crustacean, as an isopod or amphipod.
  • noun. One of the largest scuds is Gammarus ornatus of the New England coast.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
  • noun. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
  • noun. A slight, sudden shower.
  • noun. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
  • noun. Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
  • noun. See the Note under Cloud.
  • transitive verb. To pass over quickly.
  • intransitive verb. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
  • intransitive verb. To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
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  • adjective. Naked.
  • verb. To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
  • verb. To run before a high wind with no sails set.
  • verb. To hit.
  • verb. To speed.
  • verb. To skim.
  • noun. The act of scudding.
  • noun. Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
  • noun. A gust of wind.
  • noun. A scab on a wound.
  • noun. Pornography.
  • noun. Irn-Bru.
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  • verb. run before a gale
  • verb. run or move very quickly or hastily
  • noun. the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
  • Word Usage
    "A diet rich in scud, crayfish & aquatic insects will turn a white-meat hatchery fish into a pink-meat table fish in about 6 months."
    Form
    scudded  scudding  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurrying  sail  speed  speeding  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blood  Bud  Flood  Judd  Rudd  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    scudded  scudding  
    verb-form
    scudded  scudding  scuds