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Meaning of scuddle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
    intransitive
  2. To drudge.
    Scotland, intransitive
  3. To wash or cleanse.
    Scotland, transitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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