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Skitter vs Skitted - What's the difference?

skitter | skitted |

As verbs the difference between skitter and skitted

is that skitter is to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing while skitted is (skit).

As a noun skitter

is a skittering movement.

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

    skitted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (skit)

    • skit

    English

    (wikipedia skit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short comic performance.
  • A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
  • * Leslie Stephen
    • That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
  • (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.

    • Verb

  • (Ireland, Liverpool) to make fun of. (Used in Merseyside)

    • Anagrams

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