Scuddle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Scuddle is a verb meaning (intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Meaning
(intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, Scotland) To drudge.
- (transitive, Scotland) To wash or cleanse.
Example Sentences
around 1900, O. Henry, Lost on Dress Parade Just then a girl scuddled lightly around the corner, slipped on a patch of icy snow and fell plump upon the sidewalk.
A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.
Word Forms
- scuddles
- scuddling
- scuddled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scuttle, scoot, skitter, scour, scramble, scur.
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