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- DictionaryScud/skəd/
verb
- 1. move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind: "we lie watching the clouds scudding across the sky"
noun
- 1. a formation of vapory clouds driven fast by the wind: literary "the water is glassy under a scud of mist"
- 2. a type of long-range surface-to-surface guided missile able to be fired from a mobile launcher.
The meaning of SCUD is to move or run swiftly especially as if driven forward. How to use scud in a sentence.
a Soviet-made surface-to-surface missile, originally designed to carry nuclear warheads and with a range of 300 km; later modified to achieve greater range: used by Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War and in the Gulf Wars.
To scud is to quickly dart or dash, the way clouds scud across the sky on a windy day or a sailboat scuds along the surface of a lake when it finally catches a breeze.
A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was exported widely to both Second and Third World countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies.
SCUD definition: 1. (especially of clouds and ships) to move quickly and without stopping in a straight line: 2. a…. Learn more.
SCUD meaning: 1. (especially of clouds and ships) to move quickly and without stopping in a straight line: 2. a…. Learn more.
1. To run or skim along swiftly and easily: dark clouds scudding by. 2. Nautical To run before a gale with little or no sail set. n. 1. The act of scudding. 2. a. Wind-driven clouds, mist, or rain. b. A gust of wind. c. Ragged low clouds, moving rapidly beneath another cloud layer.
