SCUD

PRONUNCIATION:
(skud)

MEANING:
verb intr.: 1. To run or move swiftly.
2. In nautical parlance, to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
noun: 1. The act of scudding.
2. Clouds, rain, mist, etc. driven by the wind.
3. Low clouds beneath another cloud layer.

ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Low German schudden (to shake). Earliest documented use: 1609.

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SQUD
pronounced "skwud"

verb: Past tense of "squid"