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scud

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

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

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