[skʌd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind
(e.g: we lie watching the clouds scudding across the sky)

- slap, beat, or spank
(e.g: she scudded me across the head)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb): perhaps an alteration of the noun scut, thus reflecting the sense ‘race like a hare’

[skʌd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mass of vapoury clouds or spray driven fast by the wind
(e.g: the water is glassy under a scud of mist)

- a type of long-range surface-to-surface guided missile able to be fired from a mobile launcher


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb): perhaps an alteration of the noun scut, thus reflecting the sense ‘race like a hare’

[skʌd], (Noun)

Definitions:


Phrases:
- in the scud

Origin:
early 19th century: of uncertain origin