scud

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Naked.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
2. (ambitransitive) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with few or no sails set.
3. (Northumbria) To hit or slap.
4. (Northumbria) To speed.
5. (Northumbria) To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.
6. To scrape (skins) to remove hair etc. as part of the tanning process.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of scudding.
2. (countable, uncountable) Clouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind.
3. (uncountable) A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.
4. (countable, uncountable) A gust of wind.
5. (countable, uncountable) A scab on a wound.
6. (countable, uncountable) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
7. (countable, uncountable) Any swimming amphipod, usually Gammarus
8. (countable, uncountable) A swift runner.
9. (countable, uncountable) A form of garden hoe.
10. (countable, uncountable) A slap; a sharp stroke.
11. (Scotland, slang, uncountable) Pornography.
12. (Scotland, slang, uncountable) The drink Irn-Bru.

Concepts

flash

tirer

trait

envoler

pannus

Synonymes

scoot

dart

🎯

run

dash

💨

rack

scudding

shoot

flash

fly

✈️

float

race

speed

rush

glide

sail

scurry

skitter

slide

slip

smother

soar

spin

sprint

scamper away

waft

wing

🪽

yacht

zoom along

skim over

rush along

bolt

scour after

bound

career

cloud

☁️

course

cross

drift

escape

froth

gust

hurtle

pass by

plummet

rampage

Traductions

volar

✈️

fliehen

jagen

correre velocemente

volare

✈️

fuga

✈️

eilen

انطلق

انزلق

اصطاد

صور

نما

هجوم

تبرعم

سكود

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skʌd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scud

In summary

From Middle English scud (“incrustation, scurf, scab, peel, shedding”), perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot, push, throw off, shed”).