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scud¹

  • /skʌd/

Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more scud · most scud · skud

  1. Scotland, slang Naked.

verb scuds · scudding · scudded · skud

  1. intransitive To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds). clouds scudding across the sky
  2. ambitransitive 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.
  3. Northumbria To hit or slap.
  4. Northumbria To speed.
  5. 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 scuds · skud

  1. countable, uncountable The act of scudding.
  2. countable, uncountable 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 […]
  3. uncountable 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.

    Similar: pannus, fractus

  4. countable, uncountable A gust of wind.
  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
  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

Scud²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. A Soviet-developed tactical ballistic missile.

Translations

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verb to race along swiftly

한국어질주하다 jilju-hada

verb to run before high wind

한국어바람에 휩쓸려 달리다 baram-e huipsseullyeo dallida, 바람을 타고 빠르게 달리다 baram-eul tago ppareuge dallida

noun gust of wind

Русскийпоры́в porýv, шквал škval

noun Gammarus

Русскийбокоплав bokoplav, мормы́ш mormýš

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@misc{scud_2026,
  title = {scud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}