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Definition of Scuddle
1. v. i. To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Definition of Scuddle
1. Verb. (intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scuddle
1. to scuttle [v SCUDDLED, SCUDDLING, SCUDDLES] - See also: scuttle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuddle
Literary usage of Scuddle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... scuddle, va To sully and put out of proper shape by use or wearing, Loth.
; apparently a provincial ... scuddle, s. A kitchen-drudge, a scullion, ibid. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"The same with i vage, qv To scuddle, ... A kitchen-drudge, a scullion, ibid., [scuddle,
adr. In a slatternly i ibid. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"To make holes in a ship's deck or sides to let out or in the water, from scuttle,
a small hatchway. 2. To hurry furtively away. Apparently for scuddle, a ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To scuddle, va To sully and put out of proper shape ... qv scuddle, ». A kitchen
drudge ; a scullion, Upp. Clydes. ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1871)
"scuddle; vn Scuttle, hurry, bustle, run about (in affecting to be busy). ...
Scuttle, vn Hurry, bustle, scuddle, run about (affecting to be busy). Sea, n. ..."
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