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🏃 Swift movement 💨 To move quickly ☁️ Low fast cloud
scud

scud

396 8.3
A quick, smooth movement pushed along by the wind
  • noun
  • /skʌd/
translation icon : 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
687 1.4

To move or act more slowly

to hesitate
318 2.5

To pause before saying or doing something because you feel unsure

How Fast

to race
91 1.0
to rush
548 1.0
scud
396 8.3
to glide
89 2.9
to drift
331 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.