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skitter

Pronunciation: /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/

The English word “skitter” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
  2. To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
  3. To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
  4. To cause to have diarrhea.
  5. To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.

noun

  1. A skittering movement.
  2. Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.

Etymology

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.

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