skitter

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

A skittering movement.

Noun

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

Synonyms

scuttle

scurry

scamper

skim

skip

hurtle

sail

sprint

glide

dart

🎯

scoot

scramble

scud

speed

zoom along

skim over

butterfly

🦋

rush along

career

dash

💨

diarrhea

hasten

hurry

race

reverberate

run

rush

Hyphenated as

skit‧ter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/

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.