Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scuddle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scud-dle
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

Intransitive verb

verb

Intransitive verb

verb

To wash or cleanse.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

scuddles (present, singular) scuddling (participle, present) scuddled (participle, past) scuddled (past)

Rhymes With

cuddle puddle huddle muddle buddle fuddle ruddle lemnian ruddle guddle spuddle cruddle

Questions

What does scuddle mean?: To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Where does scuddle come from?: From scud + -le (frequentative). Compare scuttle (“to hurry”).

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