v.
(scuds, scudding, scudded)
move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind.
n.
- chiefly literary clouds or spray driven fast by the wind.
▸a driving shower of rain.
▸the action of scudding.
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(Scud or Scud missile)
a type of long-range surface-to-surface guided missile able to be fired from a mobile launcher.
Etymology
C16: perh. an alt. of scut1, reflecting the sense ‘race like a hare’.
