scuddle

English

Etymology

From scud +‎ -le (frequentative). Compare scuttle (“to hurry”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌdəl

Verb

scuddle (third-person singular simple present scuddles, present participle scuddling, simple past and past participle scuddled)

  1. (intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.[1]
    • 1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:
      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.
    • 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.
  2. (intransitive, Scotland) To drudge.
  3. (transitive, Scotland) To wash or cleanse.

References

  1. ^ “scuddle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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