scud (skʌd
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: scuds, scudding, scudded
- (intr) (esp of clouds) to move along swiftly and smoothly
- (intr) nautical to run before a gale
- (tr) Scottish to hit; slap
noun
- the act of scudding
- meteorology
- a formation of low fractostratus clouds driven by a strong wind beneath rain-bearing clouds
- a sudden shower or gust of wind
- Scottish a slap
Word Origin
C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Norwegian skudda to thrust, Swedish skudda to shakeScud (skʌd)
Definitions
noun
- 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
Usage examples
One Christmas Eve in the `twenties, she was mollified by shadows cast by a moon that rode fitfully in and out of fast-moving scud.
, Displaced Person (1987)He'll come into it hot - he'll be like Satan with a scud missile, Waddell told the Daily Star.
Megastar (2004)Chinese cities and regional governments are squabbling over clouds that scud over the country's parched northeastern plains.
The Australian (2004)By the time he finally retired from inter-county hurling in 2001, a few clouds had started to scud across the sky.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)Later, during the Gulf War scud missiles from Iraq fell on Ramat Gan.
, The Downing Street Years (1993)