Definition of CUD

cud

Plural: cuds

Noun

  • Partially digested food returned to the mouth for rechewing, especially by ruminants.
  • food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
  • a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  • The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.

Verb

  • To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
  • Eye dialect spelling of could.

Examples

  • He chewed on the problem like a cow chews CUD, trying to find the best Scrabble word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”).
Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).

Synonyms

chaw, chew, plug, quid, rechewed food, wad

Scrabble Score: 6

cud: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cud: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cud: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

cud: valid Words With Friends Word