skitter

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

skitters

V_ing/Gerund

skittering

V_ed/pp

skittered

1.
(intransitive)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.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a few feet before settling down.
2.
(intransitive)To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
3.
(transitive)To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
4.
(Northern England, Scotland, transitive)To cause to have diarrhea.
5.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

skitters

1.
(also, figuratively)(also figuratively) A skittering movement.
A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh.
2.
(Northern England, Scotland, uncountable)Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

scamper scurry skip skiteto move hurriedly scamper, scurryto move over a surface quickly skip, skite

Cùng gốc / liên quan

skitterishskitteryskitteringly

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Nguồn gốc từ

Possibly a frequentative of skite (to thumb|A pet brown rat (Rattus norvegicus species). A rat would make a skittering sound (sense 2) if it ran on a hard surface.