scud

Meanings

1. Naked.

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

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

1. A Soviet-developed tactical ballistic missile.

Etymology

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