scuddle

To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

Verb

  1. To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
    • 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,...
    • 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. To drudge.
  3. To wash or cleanse.

Origin

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

Forms

scuddles scuddling scuddled