scuddle
scuddle verb: to run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Verb
scuddle (third-person singular simple present scuddles, present participle scuddling, simple past and past participle scuddled)
- 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, column 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.
- To drudge.
- To wash or cleanse.
scuddle meaning in Bengali
scuddle in Bengali
- দ্রুত দৌড়ানো, তাড়াহুড়ো করা, দ্রুতবেগে চলা, কঠোর পরিশ্রম করা, ধোয়া, পরিষ্কার করা
Forms of scuddle
| third-person singular present | scuddles |
|---|---|
| present participle | scuddling |
| past participle | scuddled |
| past | scuddled |
Origin of scuddle
From scud + -le (frequentative). Compare scuttle (“to hurry”).
Words that rhyme with scuddle
Questions about scuddle
- What does scuddle mean?
- Scuddle means to run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
- What is scuddle in Bengali?
- Scuddle in Bengali is দ্রুত দৌড়ানো, তাড়াহুড়ো করা, দ্রুতবেগে চলা. See Scuddle meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is scuddle?
- Scuddle is a verb.
- What is the past tense of scuddle?
- The past tense of scuddle is scuddled.
Words near scuddle in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scuddle (page history and authors); scuddle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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