scud
1to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
Nautical. to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
Archery. (of an arrow) to fly too high and wide of the mark.
the act of scudding.
clouds, spray, or mist driven by the wind; a driving shower or gust of wind.
low-drifting clouds appearing beneath a cloud from which precipitation is falling.
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1Words Nearby scud
Other definitions for scud (2 of 3)
to cleanse (a trimmed and roughly depilated skin or hide) of remaining hairs or dirt.
the hairs or dirt removed by scudding.
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2Other definitions for Scud (3 of 3)
or Scud missile
a surface-to-surface missile, especially one deployed on a mobile launcher.
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How to use scud in a sentence
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.
Zimmerman Verdict: Actor Jason Alexander Says We Should Blame the Gun | Laura Colarusso | July 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere 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.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensThe small ragged clouds which are sometimes seen sailing rapidly through the air, are called scud.
The Rain Cloud | AnonymousHe has discarded a heavy folio for a light romance, while the hours scud by, broken only by the observations.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonCaptain Downs instinctively squinted aloft at the scud which was dimming the stars; he sniffed at the volleying wind.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThe moon had gone in, and a misty scud-wrack spreading itself overhead was creeping around the dim crags on high.
Aletta | Bertram Mitford
British Dictionary definitions for scud (1 of 2)
/ (skʌd) /
(intr) (esp of clouds) to move along swiftly and smoothly
(intr) nautical to run before a gale
(tr) Scot to hit; slap
the act of scudding
meteorol
a formation of low fractostratus clouds driven by a strong wind beneath rain-bearing clouds
a sudden shower or gust of wind
Scot a slap
Origin of scud
1British Dictionary definitions for Scud (2 of 2)
/ (skʌd) /
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
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