Skud vs Scud - What's the difference?
skud | scud | Alternative forms |
(Northumbria) To hit.
(Northumbria) To speed.
(Northumbria) To skim.
To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
* I. Taylor
* Beaconsfield
* 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter II:
(ambitransitive, nautical) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set.
(Northumbria) To hit.
(Northumbria) To speed.
(Northumbria) To skim.
The act of scudding.
Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
A gust of wind.
(Bristol) A scab on a wound.
A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
(slang, Scotland) Pornography.
(slang, Scotland) Irn-Bru.
Scud is an alternative form of skud.
Skud is an alternative form of scud.
In context|northumbria|lang=en terms the difference between skud and scud
is that skud is (northumbria) to skim while scud is (northumbria) to skim.As verbs the difference between skud and scud
is that skud is (northumbria) to hit while scud is to race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).As a adjective scud is
(slang|scotland) naked.As a noun scud is
the act of scudding.skud
English
Alternative forms
* scudVerb
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*Anagrams
* ----scud
English
Alternative forms
* skud (dialectal sense only)Verb
(scudd)- the first Nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primæval oceans
- The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven.
- During the preceding afternoon a heavy North Pacific fog had blown in
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* * . Geordie EnglishNoun
(en noun)- But high above the flying scud and dark-rolling clouds, there floated a little isle of sunlight, from which beamed forth an angel's face
- A bottle of Scud