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Skitter

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scamperverb(intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
scuttleverb(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
skimnoun(transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
scurryverbTo run with quick light steps, to scamper.
skipverb(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

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scurryverbTo run with quick light steps, to scamper.
scamperverb(intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
skimnoun(transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
skipverb(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
scuttleverb(intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
scutternounA hasty run.
skurrynounDated form of scurry. [A dash.]
skeeternoun(US, informal) A mosquito.
scuddleverb(intransitive) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
scramblenounA dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
skimmernoun(crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
flitternounA fluttering movement
scournounDiarrhoea, in livestock; scouring.
scurnoun(veterinary medicine) A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.
scootnoun(slang) A dollar.
skitnounA short comic performance done by amateurs.
scamblenoun(intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.
scutnounA short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
skelternounA gravity-based device used to store and rotate round food and drink in a first-in-first-out manner.
shufflenounThe act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

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