scud
IPA: skˈʌd
noun
- The act of scudding.
- Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
- (uncountable) A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.
- A gust of wind.
- (Bristol) A scab on a wound.
- A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
- Any swimming amphipod.
- A swift runner.
- A form of garden hoe.
- A slap; a sharp stroke.
- (slang, uncountable, Scotland) Pornography.
- (slang, uncountable, Scotland) The drink Irn-Bru.
- A Soviet-developed tactical ballistic missile.
verb
- (intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
- (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set.
- (Northumbria) To hit or slap.
- (Northumbria) To speed.
- (Northumbria) To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.
adjective
- (slang, Scotland) Naked.
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