Found 2 items, similar to scudding.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scudding scudding n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scud] scud n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scudding] v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; “She dashed into the yard” [syn: dart, dash, scoot, flash, shoot] 2: run before a gale [syn: rack] [also: scudding, scudded] scudding See scud
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scudding Scud \Scud\ (sk[u^]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scudded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scudding.] [Dan. skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud shot, gunshot, a shoot, young bough, and to E. shoot. [root]159. See Shoot.] 1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something. [1913 Webster] The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread. [1913 Webster]