scud
/skʌd/
verb
- To move quickly and smoothly, especially through the air or across a surface.
- Leaves scud along the sidewalk in the autumn wind.
- Small boats scud across the harbor when the wind picks up.
- Clouds scud across the sky before a storm.
Antonyms
noun
- A fast-moving cloud or spray, especially driven by wind.
- A scud of rain swept across the field.
- The sailor watched the scud of foam on the waves.
- Scud clouds raced ahead of the thunderstorm.