SCUTTER

Etymology

Noun

scutter (countable and uncountable, plural scutters)

Thin excrement.

A hasty run.

Verb

scutter (third-person singular simple present scutters, present participle scuttering, simple past and past participle scuttered)

To void thin excrement.

To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter.

Anagrams

• Cutters, curtest, cutters

Source: Wiktionary


Scut"ter, v. i. [Cf. Scuttle, v. i.]

Definition: To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [Prov. Eng.]

A mangy little jackal . . . cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows. Kipling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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