scud

UK: /skʌd/ US: /skʌd/ ,(skud)

Inflections of 'scud' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

scuds

v 3rd person singular

scudding

v pres p

scudded

v past

scudded

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

scud¹ /skʌd/   v., scud•ded, scud•ding, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to move quickly:
   clouds scudding across the sky.

n. [uncountable]

2. • clouds or mist driven by the wind.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

scud¹  (skud), v., scud•ded, scud•ding, n. 
v.i. 

1. to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
2. Nautical, Naval Terms to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
3. Sport [Archery.] (of an arrow) to fly too high and wide of the mark.

n. 

4. the act of scudding.
5. clouds, spray, or mist driven by the wind;
   a driving shower or gust of wind.
6. Meteorology low-drifting clouds appearing beneath a cloud from which precipitation is falling.

• Middle Low German schudden to shake
• 1525–35

scud²  (skud), v., scud•ded, scud•ding, n. 
v.t. 

1. to cleanse (a trimmed and roughly depilated skin or hide) of remaining hairs or dirt.

n. 

2. the hairs or dirt removed by scudding.

• ?
• perh. to be identified with obsolete scud dirt 1635–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

scud / skʌd/ verb (scuds, scudding, scudded)

1. (intransitive) (esp of clouds) to move along swiftly and smoothly
2. (intransitive) to run before a gale

noun

1. the act of scudding
2. a formation of low fractostratus clouds driven by a strong wind beneath rain-bearing clouds
3. a sudden shower or gust of wind

Etymology: 16th Century: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Norwegian skudda to thrust, Swedish skudda to shake