Scudding

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scud \Scud\ (sk[u^]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scudded}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Scudding}.] [Dan. skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin
     to skud shot, gunshot, a shoot, young bough, and to E. shoot.
     [root]159. See {Shoot}.]
     1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward
        by something.


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              The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy
              surface of warm primeval oceans.      --I. Taylor.
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              The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded
              over the blue heaven.                 --Beaconsfield.
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     2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale,
        with little or no sail spread.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scud
       n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: {scudding}]
       v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
            yard" [syn: {dart}, {dash}, {scoot}, {flash}, {shoot}]
       2: run before a gale [syn: {rack}]
       [also: {scudding}, {scudded}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scudding
       n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: {scud}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scudding
       See {scud}