Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In leather manufacturing, the process of removing scud by scraping with a knife. See
scud , 8.
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- verb Present participle of
scud . - noun The action of the verb to
scud . - adjective That scuds or scud.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
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Examples
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Wolffer threw a bash in their Italianate manor house, the moon and scudding clouds appearing on cue over the vineyard.
Erica Abeel: Cinema, Buzz and Champagne in the Hamptons Erica Abeel 2011
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We think that the bird got hit by a mortar round as it was coming in and, in the confusion and scudding cloud cover, the pilot picked the wrong hill or he did it because he had no choice.
The Truth About Being a Hero Karl Marlantes 2011
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High puffy clouds were scudding fast across the deep blue sky.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Holly tried offering him the tiger again, but this time he knocked it out of her hand and sent it scudding across the tile.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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Holly tried offering him the tiger again, but this time he knocked it out of her hand and sent it scudding across the tile.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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The clouds were scudding low, the breaks here and there cast in golden light from the slanting sun.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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But it had never occurred to me that fish and chips was as much a part of the environment as the winds off the North Sea and the bruised, scudding clouds.
I believe I can fry 2011
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A truck door clicks open but Boland pulls himself onward, the rubbery soles of his Chuck Taylors scudding at the asphalt.
The Last of Boland Kilean Kennedy 2011
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High puffy clouds were scudding fast across the deep blue sky.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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Since we had begun scudding she had ceased to take the seas over her bow, but amidships they broke fast and furious.
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