1. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
   "The small boat was scudding across the choppy waters";
   - scud

1. Run or move very quickly or hastily
   "She scudded into the yard";
   - dart, dash, scoot [informal], flash, shoot, whip [informal]
    
2. Run before a gale
   "The ship scudded before the storm";
   - rack

Type of: barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, hurrying, pelt [informal], pelt along [informal], race, rocket [informal], rush, rush along, sail, speed, speeding, step on it [informal], travel rapidly, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

Encyclopedia: Scud