skitter
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Synonyms: snitter, shitter, slitter, sitter, kitter, spitter, skirter, skittler
Antonyms: snitter, shitter, slitter, sitter, kitter, spitter, skirter, skittler
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Verb
- 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.
Noun
- A skittering movement.
- A skitter of activity.A skitter of gooseflesh.
Verb
- To cause to have diarrhea.
- To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
Noun
- Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
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