scuddle

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verb

To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

“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.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person scuddles · participle present scuddling · participle past scuddled · past scuddled

  1. intransitiveTo run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

    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.

    1 more example

    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.

    1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4
  2. ScotlandintransitiveTo drudge.
  3. ScotlandtransitiveTo wash or cleanse.

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scuddle

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APA

scuddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scuddle

MLA

“scuddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scuddle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scuddle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scuddle.

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