1 entry found.
skitter (v.)
"to run rapidly," 1845, frequentative of
skite
"to dart, run quickly" (1721), perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse
skjota
"to shoot, launch, move quickly, avoid" a blow; Norwegian dialectal
skutla
"glide rapidly"); see
skittish
and compare
skit
. Related:
Skittered
;
skittering
. As a noun from 1905.
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