Scudding (Noun)
Meaning
The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Clouds scudding across the moon obscured its silvery glow, plunging the landscape into an eerie darkness.
- A gusty wind set the rain scudding across the parking lot in rhythmic sheets.
- Low-flying cumulus clouds were scudding across the sunlit meadows like flecks of cotton wool.
- Before the gale's arrival, high-altitude cirrus clouds were scudding rapidly across the azure sky.
- Threatening thunderheads were scudding eastward on a 20-knot tailwind, signaling the approaching storm's arrival.