1chiefly literary a mass of vapoury clouds or spray driven fast by the wind:the water is glassy under a scud of mist [mass noun]:the picturesque shoreline disappeared into low-cloud scud and rain
a driving shower of rain or snow; a gust:scuds of rain gave way to sun
[mass noun] the action of moving fast in a straight line when driven by the wind:the scud of the clouds before the wind
2 (Scud or Scud missile) a type of long-range surface-to-surface guided missile able to be fired from a mobile launcher.
[a code name assigned by NATO to a series of such missiles developed by the former Soviet Union]
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Universal
1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind:we lie watching the clouds scudding across the skythree small ships were scudding before a brisk breeze
2 [with object] chiefly Scottish slap, beat, or spank:she scudded me across the head
