<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>scudded</li><li>scudding</li><li>To run or move quickly or hurriedly.</li><li>Nautical: To run before a gale with little or no sail set.</li><li>Archery: (of an arrow) To fly too high and wide of the mark.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The act of scudding.</li><li>Clouds, spray, or mist driven by the wind; a driving shower or gust of wind.</li><li>Low-drifting clouds appearing beneath a cloud from which precipitation is falling.</li></ul>