scudded

verb

past tense of scud
as in skittered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scudded
  1. skittered
  2. scampered
  3. scurried
  4. scuttled
  5. darted
  6. flitted
  7. fluttered
  8. flicked
Verb
  • Iguanas skittered across the dirt; birds and insects filled the air with noise.
    — Brigid Washington, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Ice crystals skittered across the plateau, catching in the curve of the sastrugi before blowing free.
    — Cree LeFavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of skittered
Verb
  • Despite looking dazed, Guerrero scampered home to tie the game at 1-1.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Williamson, the automatic runner at second base, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Taylor Walls and scampered home on a wild pitch by Nick Frasso (0-1), who was making his major league debut.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of scampered
Verb
  • As Hodges scurried about in a panic, Devenanzio kept his game face on and won by a mile.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Vaquer took out Rodriguez and Perez in the process before the trio scurried away.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of scurried
Verb
  • An initial public offering was planned in 2021, but those plans were scuttled in 2023.
    — Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Record-low water levels along the Danube River have exposed dozens of German military shipwrecks near the Serbian town of Prahovo, where an estimated 200 vessels were deliberately scuttled by retreating Nazi forces in 1944.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of scuttled
Verb
  • Agustin Ojeda tapped a pass to Nicolas Fernandez near the right sideline and darted toward the end line on the give-and-go.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Swallows—the country's most beloved and recognizable birds—darted past intermittently, a subtle but very real reminder of our location on this special stretch of the Algarve.
    — Megan Wilkes, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of darted
Verb
  • By the front door, a hummingbird repeatedly flitted to the tubular magenta blooms of the Salvia spathacea.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Spanish, who had at first just flitted along the coast in their galleons, had begun marching inland and overland from Mexico with crosses and soldiers and soldiers’ families.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of flitted
Verb
  • All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Young people fluttered about, wearing custom white T-shirts emblazoned with the festival’s retro cartoon-style poster art.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of fluttered
Verb
  • Near the left corner of the 6-yard box, Pereyra turned and flicked a shot inside the back post.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on.
    — Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flicked
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