rudd

[ ruhd ]

noun
  1. a European, freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family.

Origin of rudd

1
1600–10; apparently special use of rud redness (now dial.), Middle English rude,Old English rudu;cf. red1, ruddy

Words Nearby rudd

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How to use rudd in a sentence

  • Bringing comedy to the forefront, Samsung employs Seth Rogen and Paul rudd to sit in a brainstorm meeting.

  • Mr. rudd can talk of nothing except his art, and I like Tauchnitz novels that one can read without any trouble.

    Overlooked | Maurice Baring
  • She said what happened was this: The man whom rudd describes as Anikin had been in love for many years with a married woman.

    Overlooked | Maurice Baring
  • Outlined from a figure of a warehouseman rolling a sherry flask into Mr. rudd's wine-vaults.

    The Peace Egg and Other tales | Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • Before the house was a lawn, and here it was that rudd taught me the game.

    The Adventures of Gerard | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It was for rudd then to defend himself and for me to attack.

    The Adventures of Gerard | Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for rudd (1 of 2)

rudd

/ (rʌd) /


noun
  1. a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, having a compressed dark greenish body and reddish ventral and tail fins

Origin of rudd

1
C17: probably from dialect rud red colour, from Old English rudu redness

British Dictionary definitions for Rudd (2 of 2)

Rudd

/ (rʌd) /


noun
  1. Kevin (Michael). born 1957, Australian politician: leader of the Labor Party (2006–10 and from 2013); Prime Minister (2007–2010 and from 2013)

  2. Steele, pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, 1868–1935, Australian author. His works include On Our Selection (1899), Our New Selection (1902), Back at Our Selection (1906) and Grandpa's Selection (1916) which featured the characters Dad and Dave

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