skitter.
To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
Meaning & usage
To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
Where this word comes from
Possibly a frequentative of skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction”) (Scotland, Northern England). The noun is derived from the verb.
A skittering movement.
A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh.
Where this word comes from
Possibly a frequentative of skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction”) (Scotland, Northern England). The noun is derived from the verb.
To cause to have diarrhea.
To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
Where this word comes from
From skite (“to defecate”) + -er (frequentative suffix). The noun is derived from the verb.
Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
Where this word comes from
From skite (“to defecate”) + -er (frequentative suffix). The noun is derived from the verb.
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