¦ 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 missile) a type of long-range surface-to-surface guided missile able to be fired from a mobile launcher.
Origin
C16: perh. an alt. of
scut1, reflecting the sense 'race like a hare'.