scutter — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter.

   Gebrauch

   • of small animals

   Beispiele

   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.”

   Weitere Beispiele (4)

   A mangy little jackal […] cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows.

   These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.

   When the birds, especially the starlings, ate them in vast quantities, the results were often spectacular — they scuttered everywhere and over everything.

   Red Finger’s gun was still in his hand. He lifted it, and furred rodents scuttered away at the movement. He aimed the weapon carefully at the front of the dark truck body, low down.

Substantiv

1. A hasty run.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

Substantiv

1. Thin excrement.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   Cows were always scuttering: they left mounds and trails of scutter all over the place.

Verb

1. To void thin excrement.

   Verwandte Wörter

   Web scutter

   Beispiele

   Nay then I wil geue you no bread and butter. Here, take some, it will make thee to scutter.

   Cows were always scuttering: they left mounds and trails of scutter all over the place.