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skitters

noun

Meaning

  1. A skittering movement.
  2. To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.
  3. To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
  4. To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
  5. Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
  6. To cause to have diarrhea.
  7. To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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