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Meaning of skitter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

skitter

Pronunciation:/ˈskɪtə(ɹ)//ˈskɪtɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A skittering movement.

    Example: A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh.

verb

Definitions

  1. To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.

    Example: I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.

  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.

skitter

Pronunciation:/ˈskɪtə(ɹ)//ˈskɪtɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause to have diarrhea.

  2. To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.