Meaning of Skitter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A skittering movement.
   also, figuratively
2. Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
   Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable

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Examples

“A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh.”

“I had seen an aerial helix of raptors, hawks and harriers riding a thermal, and below them a skitter of ringed plover and other waders, together with more kingfishers than I had ever seen before.”

“Each day that I went, he stood off by himself, in solitude, came politely to the tee on his own⟳, whacked to the right and left in a skitter of balls, his hair pinched in a clubhouse golf cap that didn't fit, his mouth in grim determination to not make⟳ an utter fool of himself, his golf clubs' vinyl bag with the ticket attached to signal his beginner's fees were paid.”

“With a skitter of excitement, Marcy glanced at the clock on the parlor mantel. It chimed ten, and her gaze flicked to the face⟳ of her husband as he lounged in his favorite chair with a newspaper in his lap.”

“I can't give⟳ it my immediate attention, as the cow has the skitter (diarrhoea) and I'm waiting on the Vit (vet).”

“Shaking but making herself stand⟳ there while skitter ran down the inside of her legs. She learnt German early from Anna. Durchfall easier to spell⟳ than Diarrhoea. Falling liquid brown.”

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