scud : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scud	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for scud
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scud n the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scud, scudding] v run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" Synonym(s): dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot run before a gale Synonym(s): scud, rack
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scud \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scud \Scud\, v. t. To pass over quickly. [R.] --Shenstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scud \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[94]l.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean. {Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}.