Definition of "scud" in English

adjective

1. (slang, Scotland) Naked.

verb

1. (intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).

   • clouds scudding across the sky

2. (ambitransitive, nautical) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with few or no sails set.

3. (Northumbria) To hit or slap.

4. (Northumbria) To speed.

5. (Northumbria) To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.

6. To scrape (skins) to remove hair etc. as part of the tanning process.

noun

1. The act of scudding.

2. Clouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind.

3. (uncountable) A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.

   • Small, ragged, low cloud fragments that are unattached to a larger cloud base and often seen with and behind cold fronts and thunderstorm gust fronts. Such clouds generally are associated with cool moist air, such as thunderstorm outflow.

4. A gust of wind.

5. (Bristol) A scab on a wound.

6. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.

7. Any swimming amphipod, usually Gammarus

8. A swift runner.

9. A form of garden hoe.

10. A slap; a sharp stroke.

11. (slang, uncountable, Scotland) Pornography.

12. (slang, uncountable, Scotland) The drink Irn-Bru.

    • a bottle of scud