as in blow
a sudden brief rush of wind
a cold scud sent leaves skittering down from the trees
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Recent Examples of scud
Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
The streets are so quiet that a plastic cup scudding across the pavement sounds like thunder.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Cynthia Zarin, The New York Review of Books, 29 June 2023
Block’s fans and peers observed him scud around the reaper’s blade at 110 mph ...
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 7 Jan. 2023
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Noun
Banks of clouds scudded away across the grasslands toward the Gulf of Mexico.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
The streets are so quiet that a plastic cup scudding across the pavement sounds like thunder.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
Pink scud clouds over the bridges, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Battersea, spider-work.
—Cynthia Zarin, The New York Review of Books, 29 June 2023
Block’s fans and peers observed him scud around the reaper’s blade at 110 mph ...
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 7 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scud
Noun
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That’s when Carr should be able to deliver the final blow against a USC defense that ranks among the Power 4’s worst against the pass.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Experts say the collapse of the talks marks not only a significant blow for attempts to clean up a heavily climate-polluting industry, undermining decades of negotiations, but also represents yet another failure of climate diplomacy.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The moves scuttled negotiations for weeks before subsequent talks salvaged the fragile trade truce.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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While not explicitly mimicking their moves, from scuttling to pounces the choreography does have a vigor that drives friendly and fierce moves into the fantastic.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Coastal flooding, heavy surf and wind gusts approaching 100 miles per hour along portions of Alaska’s West Coast were forecast.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Search operations continue for the three missing people as the NWS maintains flood warnings through Monday, with wind gusts reaching 70 mph in parts of Norton Sound.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some firms have scurried to ship early, but even a few days’ delay at sea could blow up their margins.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Inside, there’s the occasional model being fitted and photographed, outside there are truck drivers, caterers, lighting specialists and many more milling around or scurrying about.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The only squib marks left on anyone were on the almost 5,000 patrons who braved one of the most refreshingly moderate ocean breezes California has to offer to see maybe still the best homegrown group California has had to offer in any recent year.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Looking for a vacation that involves plenty of sand between your toes, fantastic seafood, and the perfect ocean breeze kissing your cheek?—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When a small girl darted out into the road, Lala steered sharply to miss the child, and flipped her Jeep several times in the process.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
13 Oct. 2025
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Alan Franco getting too attached to Malik Tillman, and darted into the space Franco had vacated.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Strong winds capable of knocking out power and damaging or uprooting trees are the biggest threat, though there’s enough spin in the atmosphere to generate isolated tornadoes that can form quickly with little advance warning.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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The cold front, which is making its way across a very warm, soupy atmosphere, could create strong storms bringing large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flash flooding.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Swift made a few Commanders defenders miss and scampered for a 55-yard touchdown.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Greif Kansas City's Hollywood Brown caught a nifty shovel pass from Patrick Mahomes and Detroit couldn't keep up with the Chiefs' pre-snap misdirection, allowing Brown to scamper into the end zone after nine yards for a 20-10 lead over Detroit.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Scud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scud. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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