scud

  • 21Scud FM — Infobox Radio Station name = Radio 4 News FM area = UK National FM airdate = 17 January 2 March 1991 frequency = FM 92 MHz 95 MHz format = Rolling news owner = BBC website = Scud FM was the nickname [cite book |last=Elmes |first=Simon |title=And… …

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  • 22scud — I Scottish Vernacular Dictionary 1. verb: to strike a glancing blow, similar to skite and indeed skelp. During Gulf War I, the Iraqi military deployed SCUD missiles, which always sounded much less deadly to most Glaswegians. 2. noun:Scud, in the …

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  • 23scud — UK [skʌd] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms scud : present tense I/you/we/they scud he/she/it scuds present participle scudding past tense scudded past participle scudded literary if clouds scud across the sky, they move quickly …

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  • 24scud — 1. adjective Naked. 2. verb a) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds). b) To run before a high wind with no sails set. 3. noun …

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  • 25Scud — Recorded in several spellings including Skade, Skaid, Scad, Scade, Sked, and in the 17th century, Scud, this is a Scottish surname from the Highlands region. It is a derivation of the pre 8th century Norse Viking word skeid meaning a racecourse,… …

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  • 26scud — Archery expression for an arrow which flies high and wide of the mark, missing the target entirely. First coined by an American Naval Officer and archer in connection to the Soviet made missle when he observed an unsuccessful Soviet demonstration …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 27scud — Archery expression for an arrow which flies high and wide of the mark, missing the target entirely. First coined by an American Naval Officer and archer in connection to the Soviet made missle when he observed an unsuccessful Soviet demonstration …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 28scud — verb (scuds, scudding, scudded) move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind. noun 1》 chiefly literary clouds or spray driven fast by the wind.     ↘a driving shower of rain.     ↘the action of scudding. 2》 (Scud or Scud… …

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  • 29scud — [[t]skʌd[/t]] v. scud•ded, scud•ding, n. 1) to run or move quickly or hurriedly 2) naut. navig. Naut. to run before a gale with little or no sail set 3) the act of scudding 4) a) clouds, spray, or mist driven by the wind b) a driving shower c) a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30scud — scud1 /skud/, v., scudded, scudding, n. v.i. 1. to run or move quickly or hurriedly. 2. Naut. to run before a gale with little or no sail set. 3. Archery. (of an arrow) to fly too high and wide of the mark. n. 4. the act of scudding. 5. clouds,… …

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