Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of scudding.

    плавний рухplavnyj rux

  2. (countable, uncountable)Clouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind.

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

  4. (countable, uncountable)A gust of wind.

    поры́вporýv, шквалškval

    поривporyv, шквалškval

  5. (countable, uncountable)A scab on a wound.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Any swimming amphipod, usually Gammarus

    бокоплавbokoplav, мормы́шmormýš

  8. (countable, uncountable)A swift runner.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A form of garden hoe.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A slap; a sharp stroke.

  11. (Scotland, slang, uncountable)Pornography.

  12. (Scotland, slang, uncountable)The drink Irn-Bru.

    a bottle of scud

More definitions
  • the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The clouds scudded across the sky.

    ruОблака неслись по небу. — Selena777

  2. The ship scudded before a heavy gale.

    deDas Schiff floh vor einem schweren Sturm. — Espi

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  3. The clouds are scudding across the sky.

    deAm Himmel ziehen die Wolken entlang. — Esperantostern

  4. Clouds scudded across the sky.

    deWolken schnellten über den Himmel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of scudding:
gust of wind:
Русский
By meaning 2
gust of wind:
Gammarus:

Origin

First attested in 1530, of unknown origin but perhaps from Middle English scut (“rabbit, r

First attested in 1530, of unknown origin but perhaps from Middle English scut (“rabbit, rabbit's tail”) or from Middle Dutch schudden (“to shake”), ultimately of Scandinavian origin.

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Forms

plural: scuds
Singularscud
Pluralscuds

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale):scudding

Word family

1 related words
Derivedscud run

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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