Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skitter

plural of skitter.

The act of one who skitters.

present 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.

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

(also figuratively) A skittering movement.

simple past tense and past participle of skitter

plural of skittering