wud

English

Etymology

Variant of standard English wood, from Old English wōd (“mad, insane”).

Adjective

wud (comparative more wud, superlative most wud)

1. (dialectal) Mad.
   • 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thrawn Janet, from The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables,

     Janet ran to him - she was fair wud wi' terror - an' clang to him, an' prayed him, for Christ's sake, save her frae the cummers; an' they, for their pairt, tauld him a' that was ken't, and maybe mair.

Verb

wud

1. (nonstandard, informal) Alternative form of would

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Cebuano

Phrase

wud

1. (text messaging) what are you doing?

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʌd/

Noun

wud (plural wuds)

1. (Southern Scots) wood

Verb

wud

1. (Southern Scots) would (uncommon variant of wad)