scud vs spang

scud

verb
  • To speed. 

  • To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds). 

  • To skim flat stones so they skip along the water. 

  • To hit or slap. 

  • To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set. 

adj
  • Naked. 

noun
  • The drink Irn-Bru. 

  • A gust of wind. 

  • A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer. 

  • A swift runner. 

  • The act of scudding. 

  • A form of garden hoe. 

  • Any swimming amphipod. 

  • A scab on a wound. 

  • A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. 

  • Pornography. 

  • A slap; a sharp stroke. 

  • Clouds or rain driven by the wind. 

spang

verb
  • To hitch; fasten. 

  • To set with bright points: star or spangle. 

  • To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. 

  • To strike or ricochet with a loud report 

  • To leap; spring. 

noun
  • A bound or spring; a leap. 

  • A span. 

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