present participle of skitter

The act of one who skitters.

plural of skittering

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skitter

plural of skitter.

simple past tense and past participle of skitter

(intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry. / (intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.

(transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to have diarrhea. / (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.

(also figuratively) A skittering movement.

(Scotland, Northern England, uncountable) Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.