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scud

1

[ skuhd ]

verb (used without object)

, scud·ded, scud·ding.
  1. to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
  2. Nautical. to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
  3. Archery. (of an arrow) to fly too high and wide of the mark.


noun

  1. the act of scudding.
  2. clouds, spray, or mist driven by the wind; a driving shower or gust of wind.
  3. low-drifting clouds appearing beneath a cloud from which precipitation is falling.

scud

2

[ skuhd ]

verb (used with object)

, scud·ded, scud·ding.
  1. to cleanse (a trimmed and roughly depilated skin or hide) of remaining hairs or dirt.

noun

  1. the hairs or dirt removed by scudding.

Scud

3
or Scud missile

[ skuhd ]

noun

  1. a surface-to-surface missile, especially one deployed on a mobile launcher.

scud

1

/ skʌd /

verb

  1. intr (esp of clouds) to move along swiftly and smoothly
  2. intr nautical to run before a gale
  3. tr to hit; slap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act of scudding
  2. meteorol
    1. a formation of low fractostratus clouds driven by a strong wind beneath rain-bearing clouds
    2. a sudden shower or gust of wind
  3. a slap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scud

2

/ skʌd /

noun

  1. informal.
    a Soviet-made surface-to-surface missile, originally designed to carry nuclear warheads and with a range of 300 km; later modified to achieve greater range: used by Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War and in the Gulf Wars
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scud1

First recorded in 1525–35; of obscure origin; possibly from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schudden “to shake”

Origin of scud2

First recorded in 1780–90; of uncertain origin; perhaps from obsolete scud “dirt”

Origin of scud3

The NATO name for a missile developed by the Soviets in the 1960s; probably from scud in the sense “to move quickly”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scud1

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Norwegian skudda to thrust, Swedish skudda to shake
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Example Sentences

If they were, then we could all run out and purchase a tank, a grenade launcher, a bazooka, a SCUD missile and a nuclear warhead.

There are still airstrikes and now Scud-missile attacks, and bodies of executed people are being pulled out of the river.

And who was now running the Scud missiles and bombers that would be deployed to use these chemical weapons?

One day apart, North Korea launched a long-range missile to much fanfare, and the Assad regime fired Scud missiles on the rebels.

“You aim a Scud at a city and hope it lands somewhere important,” said one retired U.S. intelligence officer.

I never seed a scud on the 'Banks' but 'ut it was allus follered by a fog.

The small ragged clouds which are sometimes seen sailing rapidly through the air, are called scud.

He has discarded a heavy folio for a light romance, while the hours scud by, broken only by the observations.

Captain Downs instinctively squinted aloft at the scud which was dimming the stars; he sniffed at the volleying wind.

The moon had gone in, and a misty scud-wrack spreading itself overhead was creeping around the dim crags on high.

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