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Skinter vs Skitter - What's the difference?

skinter | skitter |

As an adjective skinter

is (skint).

As a verb skitter is

to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing.

As a noun skitter is

a skittering movement.

skinter

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (skint)

    • skint

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (slang, British, Australian) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.

    • Usage notes

    * Cockney rhyming slang for skint' is boracic lint, or just ' boracic .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)

    • skitter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing
    • I opened the cabinet and hundreds of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
  • to make a skittering noise
  • In Scotland : Diarrea.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A skittering movement.
    • A skitter of activity.
    A skitter of gooseflesh.

    See also

    * scamper * scurry English onomatopoeias