Definitions
1.nounA skittering movement."A skitter of activity.
A skitter of gooseflesh."
2.verbTo move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry."I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness."
3.verbTo make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
4.verbTo move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
5.nounOften skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
6.verbTo cause to have diarrhea.
7.verbTo suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.