scutter
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2ADJ.
all, over
VERB + SCUTTER
make
Definitions
verb
To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter.
We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights.
I scuttered all the way to Dallory, and scuttered back again ; and I don’t think I stopped to speak to a single soul, but Timothy Wilks.”
noun
A hasty run.
noun
Thin excrement.
Cows were always scuttering: they left mounds and trails of scutter all over the place.
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6We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights.
WiktionaryI scuttered all the way to Dallory, and scuttered back again ; and I don’t think I stopped to speak to a single soul, but Timothy Wilks.”
WiktionaryA mangy little jackal […] cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows.
WiktionaryCows were always scuttering: they left mounds and trails of scutter all over the place.
WiktionaryNay then I wil geue you no bread and butter. Here, take some, it will make thee to scutter.
WiktionaryCows were always scuttering: they left mounds and trails of scutter all over the place.
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