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Synonyms for scud

Grammar : Verb
Spell : skuhd
Phonetic Transcription : skʌd

Définition of scud

Origin :
  • "to move quickly," 1530s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of Middle English scut "rabbit, rabbit's tail," in reference to its movements (see scut (n.1)), but there are phonetic difficulties. Perhaps rather from a North Sea Germanic source akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schudden "to shake" (see quash). Related: Scudded; scudding. As a noun from c.1600, from the verb. It also was the NATO reporting name for a type of Soviet missile introduced in the 1960s.
  • verb skim across
Example sentences :
  • I never seed a scud on the 'Banks' but 'ut it was allus follered by a fog.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • A Manx or Gaelic term for the scud or small clouds that drive with the wind.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • After laying to for three hours they were compelled to scud before the wind.
  • Extract from : « Notable Voyagers » by W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
  • The scud is flying all over us now that we are running before the wind.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Ship » by John C. Hutcheson
  • I should be blinded if I did, or blistered by the “scud” of the angular atoms.
  • Extract from : « The Rifle Rangers » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • I think, from the scud, we shall have wind from the south'ard, Bill.
  • Extract from : « A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden » by W. A. Ross
  • "I should take in all sail, and scud under bare poles," said Arthur.
  • Extract from : « The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 » by Various
  • He must “lie to,” and ride out the gale, or “scud” before it.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • It was dusk, the wind was blowing, the snow was driving in a scud.
  • Extract from : « The Branding Iron » by Katharine Newlin Burt
  • Our only chance is to scud before it, until it has blown itself out.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Wireless Message » by Victor Appleton

Antonyms for scud

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