From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscudscud /skʌd/ verb (scudded, scudding) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] literary DNMOVE/CHANGE POSITIONif clouds scud across the sky, they move quickly→ See Verb table
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scud• Cloud shadows scudded across immeasurable stands of virgin forests.• Bayard sometimes appears as a cloud, scudding across the sky on Midsummer's Day.• Indeed time itself seems alternately to scud and to suspend during those ten seconds.• The President looked out the window at the scudding clouds, put on the overcoat, then took it off.• The day was bright and windy, a string of filmy white clouds scudding eastward.• Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames.• We scudded over the Dorus Mhor which was conveniently quiescent, its frothing tidal step lurking in the depths.ScudScud a type of missile (=a large weapon that can fly long distances, and that explodes when it hits its target) that was developed in the former Soviet Union. It can be fired from land or from a ship, and can carry either a regular warhead (=the explosive part at the front) or a nuclear warhead. Scud missiles were used by Iraq during the Gulf War.Origin scud (1500-1600) Probably from a Scandinavian language 