English

Noun

scutter ‎(plural scutters)

1. Thin excrement.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses (Telemachus episode):

     Scutter! he cried thickly.

Verb

scutter ‎(third-person singular simple present scutters, present participle scuttering, simple past and past participle scuttered)

1. To void thin excrement.
   • 1565, Alois Brandl (ed.), King Daryus:

     Nay then I wil geue you no bread and butter.
     Here, take some, it will make thee to scutter.

2. To run with a light pattering noise; to skitter.

   We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights.

   • Rudyard Kipling

     A mangy little jackal […] cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows.

Derived terms

• bullscutter
• scutterer