scud

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|slang|Scotland}} [[naked|Naked]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[race]] along [[swiftly]] (especially used of [[cloud]]s).
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|nautical}} To run, or be driven, before a high [[wind]] with few or no [[sail]]s set.
3. {{lb|en|Northumbria}} To [[hit]] or [[slap]].
4. {{lb|en|Northumbria}} To [[speed]].
5. {{lb|en|Northumbria}} To [[skim]] flat stones so they skip along the water.
6. To scrape (skins) to remove hair etc. as part of the tanning process.

Noun

1. The act of [[scudding]].
2. Clouds or [[rain]](s) (or [[snow]], etc) driven by the [[wind]].
3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.
4. A [[gust]] of wind.
5. {{lb|en|Bristol}} A [[scab]] on a [[wound]].
6. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
7. Any swimming [[amphipod]], usually {{taxfmt|Gammarus|genus}}
8. A [[swift]] [[runner]].
9. A form of garden [[hoe]].
10. A [[slap]]; a [[sharp]] [[stroke]].
11. {{lb|en|slang|uncountable|Scotland}} [[pornography|Pornography]].
12. {{lb|en|slang|uncountable|Scotland}} The drink {{w|Irn-Bru}}.

Proper noun

1. A [[Soviet]]-developed [[tactical]] [[ballistic missile]].

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