💨 To move quickly ☁️ Low fast cloud 🏃 Swift movement

scud

1 8.3

A quick, smooth movement pushed along by the wind

noun
/skʌd/

: ráfaga

On the beach, the sand started to scud across the surface, creating a hazy curtain in the strong wind.

Examples

Through the scud of gray clouds, the sun was a pale silver coin.

Fiction book (1995)
The clouds began to scud across the sky, carried by the strong winds before the storm.
As the storm approached, we watched the raindrops scud along the ground, pushed by the gale force winds.

Synonyms

scudding

vsscud

1 8.3

Moving quickly and smoothly, blown by the wind, like clouds or ships

is about swift movement linked especially to wind or before a storm

Antonyms

to slow down

893 1.4

To move or act more slowly

to hesitate

301 2.5

To pause before saying or doing something because you feel unsure

How Fast

to race

312 1.0

to rush

637 1.0

scud

1 8.3

to glide

78 2.9

to drift

265 2.9

Surface Forms

scud singular

scuds plural

Etymology

Scud as a noun for the act of moving fast comes from the same idea of a quick rush driven by wind, and you can remember it by thinking of scurry or a sudden 'rush' of air. So, a scud is a 'swift movement', especially one carried by the wind or before a storm.