Scud BrE AmE
a type of ↑ missile (=a large weapon that can fly long distances, and that explodes when it hits its ↑ target ) that was developed in the former Soviet Union. It can be fired from land or from a ship, and can carry either a regular ↑ warhead (=the explosive part at the front) or a ↑ nuclear warhead. Scud missiles were used by Iraq during the Gulf War.