scud

¹scud

verb \ˈskəd\

scud·dedscud·ding

Definition of SCUD

intransitive verb

1

: to move or run swiftly especially as if driven forward <clouds scudding across the sky>

2

: to run before a gale

Examples of SCUD

1. Clouds scudded across the sky.

Origin of SCUD

perhaps from Middle Dutch schudden to shake

First Known Use: 1532

Rhymes with SCUD

blood, bud, crud, cud, dud, flood, fud, mud, rudd, spud, stud, sudd, thud