scud

To run or skim along swiftly and easily.

To run before a gale with little or no sail set.

The act of scudding.

Wind-driven clouds, mist, or rain.

A gust of wind.

Ragged low clouds, moving rapidly beneath another cloud layer.

To run swiftly; shoot or fly along with haste.

Nautical, to run before a gale with little or no sail set.

To throw thin flat stones so that they skip over the surface of water.