scud
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Naked.
Verb
- To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
- To run, or be driven, before a high wind with few or no sails set.
- To hit or slap.
- To speed.
- To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.
- To scrape (skins) to remove hair etc. as part of the tanning process.
Noun
- The act of scudding.
- Clouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind.
- A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.
- A gust of wind.
- A scab on a wound.
- A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
- Any swimming amphipod, usually Gammarus
- A swift runner.
- A form of garden hoe.
- A slap; a sharp stroke.
- Pornography.
- The drink Irn-Bru.
Proper noun
- A Soviet-developed tactical ballistic missile.
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