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scut⋅ter

[skuht-er]
–verb (used without object), noun British Dialect.
scurry.

Origin:
1775–85; var. of scuttle 2
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scut·ter   (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 scuttle3.]
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