Thesaurus: scud

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1. v. i. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
2. v. i. To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
3. v. t. To pass over quickly.
4. n. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
5. n. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
6. n. A slight, sudden shower.
7. n. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
8. n. Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
9. n. the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
10. v. run or move very quickly or hastily
11. v. run before a gale
12. 1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something. The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. I. Taylor. The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. Beaconsfield. 2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread. To pass over quickly. [R.] Shenstone. 1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation. 2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind. Borne on the scud of the sea. Longfellow. The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. Sir S. Baker. 3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. 4. (Zoöl.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zoöl.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean. Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.