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Definitions for: Scud
[n] the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
[v] run before a gale
[v] run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Webster (1913) Definition: Scud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scudded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scudding.] [Dan. skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud
shot, gunshot, a shoot, young bough, and to E. shoot.
[root]159. See Shoot.]
1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward
by something.
The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy
surface of warm primeval oceans. --I. Taylor.
The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded
over the blue heaven. --Beaconsfield.
2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale,
with little or no sail spread.
Scud, v. t.
To pass over quickly. [R.] --Shenstone.
Scud, n.
1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with
precipitation.
2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
Borne on the scud of the sea. --Longfellow.
The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil
over the moon. --Sir S.
Baker.
3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less
than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.
Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, rack, scoot, scudding, shoot
See Also: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, cut back, flash back, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurrying, pelt along, plunge, race, rush, rush along, sail, speed, speed, speeding
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