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Rareskitter
The correct spelling is skitter.
How to pronounce skitter
/ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Ski-tte-r
The correct spelling is skitter. A skittering movement. For example: "A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh."
Usage Examples
“A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh.”
“I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A skittering movement.
- 2.Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
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.
- 4.To cause to have diarrhea.
- 5.To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
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