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scutter

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scut·ter  (sktr)
intr.v. scut·tered, scut·ter·ing, scut·ters
To move with a clattering, scurrying sound: "The gun scutters over the tiles and lands against the molding of the hallway with a thump" (Scott Turow).
[Alteration of scuttle.]
scutter [ˈskʌtə]
vb & n
Brit an informal word for scurry
[probably from scuttle2, with -er1 as in scatter]


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The dog's endeavour to avoid him was unsuccessful; as I guessed by a scutter down-stairs, and a prolonged, piteous yelping.
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At sunrise the river would shoulder her carefully into her place, and listen to the rush and scutter of the pack fleeing up the gang-plank, and the tramp of the Governor's Arab behind them.
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