whud
A Scottish dialect verb meaning to whisk or move hastily — to dart or fly quickly in a low, sweeping motion.
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A Scottish dialect verb meaning to whisk or move hastily — to dart or fly quickly in a low, sweeping motion. The word suggests rapid, swooping movement, as of a bird or a person slipping away quickly. Found in Scottish literary and dialect sources.
The bird whudded past his ear and was gone before he could see what it was.
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(Scotland) To whisk; to fly hastily.
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