scud
pronunciation
How to pronounce scud in British English:
UK [skʌd]
How to pronounce scud in American English:
US [skʌd]
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- Noun:
- the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
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- Verb:
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- run before a gale
Word Origin
- scud
- scud: see scuttle
- scud (v.)
- "to move quickly," 1530s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of Middle English scut "rabbit, rabbit's tail," in reference to its movements (see scut (n.1)), but there are phonetic difficulties. Perhaps rather from a North Sea Germanic source akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schudden "to shake" (see quash). Related: Scudded; scudding. As a noun from c. 1600, from the verb. It also was the NATO reporting name for a type of Soviet missile introduced in the 1960s.
Example
- 1. However , if syria were to start using its scud arsenal , the campaign to destroy its air defences would rapidly switch to one of explicit regime change .
- 2. Then , in the gulf war , when iraq fired scud missiles into israel , he realized that the land did not provide a security buffer against attacks with modern weapons from the outside .
- 3. Beyond the resort 's perimeter fence , army jeeps scud by .
- 4. The test launch procedures were found on a hard disk for the thaad ( terminal high altitude area defence ) ground to air missile defence system , used to shoot down scud missiles in iraq .
- 5. North korea produces scud missiles which it has gradually refined as the hwasong a and b models . These have a range of about 500km and can deliver roughly 500kg high explosive or chemical warhead .