scutter

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scut·ter

S0180500 (skŭt′ər)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, nBrit an informal word for scurry[C18: probably from scuttle2, with -er1 as in scatter]

scut•ter

(ˈskʌt ər)

v.i. Chiefly Brit. to scurry. [1775–85; variant of scuttle2]

scutter


Past participle: scuttered
Gerund: scuttering
Imperative
scutter
scutter
Present
I scutter
you scutter
he/she/it scutters
we scutter
you scutter
they scutter
Preterite
I scuttered
you scuttered
he/she/it scuttered
we scuttered
you scuttered
they scuttered
Present Continuous
I am scuttering
you are scuttering
he/she/it is scuttering
we are scuttering
you are scuttering
they are scuttering
Present Perfect
I have scuttered
you have scuttered
he/she/it has scuttered
we have scuttered
you have scuttered
they have scuttered
Past Continuous
I was scuttering
you were scuttering
he/she/it was scuttering
we were scuttering
you were scuttering
they were scuttering
Past Perfect
I had scuttered
you had scuttered
he/she/it had scuttered
we had scuttered
you had scuttered
they had scuttered
Future
I will scutter
you will scutter
he/she/it will scutter
we will scutter
you will scutter
they will scutter
Future Perfect
I will have scuttered
you will have scuttered
he/she/it will have scuttered
we will have scuttered
you will have scuttered
they will have scuttered
Future Continuous
I will be scuttering
you will be scuttering
he/she/it will be scuttering
we will be scuttering
you will be scuttering
they will be scuttering
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scuttering
you have been scuttering
he/she/it has been scuttering
we have been scuttering
you have been scuttering
they have been scuttering
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scuttering
you will have been scuttering
he/she/it will have been scuttering
we will have been scuttering
you will have been scuttering
they will have been scuttering
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scuttering
you had been scuttering
he/she/it had been scuttering
we had been scuttering
you had been scuttering
they had been scuttering
Conditional
I would scutter
you would scutter
he/she/it would scutter
we would scutter
you would scutter
they would scutter
Past Conditional
I would have scuttered
you would have scuttered
he/she/it would have scuttered
we would have scuttered
you would have scuttered
they would have scuttered