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单词 scutter
释义

scutter

[ skuht-er ]
/ ˈskʌt ər /
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verb (used without object), noun British Dialect.

scurry.

Origin of scutter

First recorded in 1775–85; variant of scuttle2

Words nearby scutter

scute, scutellate, scutellation, scutellum, scutiform, scutter, scuttle, scuttlebutt, scutular, scutulum, scutum
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Example sentences from the Web for scutter

  • Things boom overhead like bitterns, or scutter alongside like hares, or arise dripping and hissing from below like otters.

    Sea Warfare|Rudyard Kipling
  • Immediately there was a yell—a scutter—a run—a positive tumult.

    Shirley|Charlotte Bront
  • We saw him scutter along under the seats, and then we saw him come out away down the side of the tent and scoot.

    Swatty|Ellis Parker Butler

British Dictionary definitions for scutter

scutter
/ (ˈskʌtə) /

verb, noun

British an informal word for scurry

Word Origin for scutter

C18: probably from scuttle ², with -er 1 as in scatter
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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