scudding
Driven by wind
Scudding describes rapid movement driven by wind or momentum.
Clouds scud across the sky, pushed by strong winds.
Boats scud before a gale.
The word suggests swift, low passage—something skimming or racing along: Dark clouds went scudding overhead.
The present participle of scud, it appears most often describing weather or sailing.
Large pleasure vessel
- spinnakerDownwind sailing sail
- catamaranDouble-hulled sailing craft
- dinghySmall auxiliary watercraft
- sloopOne-masted fore-and-aft rigger
ketch · schooner · trimaran · jib · mainsail · hull · bow · stern
Passing lightly over
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- racingSpeed competition sport
- dashingSpiritedly stylish and bold
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
rushing · hurtling · streaking · sweeping · careening · whipping · fleeing · scuttling
yacht
Large pleasure vessel
sloop · ketch · schooner · trimaran · jib · mainsail · hull · bow · stern · windward
skimming
Passing lightly over
darting · rushing · hurtling · streaking · sweeping · careening · whipping · fleeing · scuttling · whisking
gale
Severe sustained wind
gust · gusting · howling · blowing · whipping · driving · buffeting · tempest · zephyr · chinook
cumulus
Dense, billowing cloud type
cirrus · billowing · drifting · racing · darkening · gathering · wispy · fleecy · lowering · banking
scuddingdrifting
Moving without purpose
floating · wafting · meandering · lolling · gliding
scuddingstationary
Not in motion
still · motionless · becalmed · stagnant · immobile