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Thesaurus: scud

To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.

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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