scutter
/ˈskʌtə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights."
- "I scuttered all the way to Dallory, and scuttered back again ; and I don’t think I stopped to speak to a single soul, but Timothy Wilks.”"
- "A mangy little jackal […] cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows."
- "These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers."
- "When the birds, especially the starlings, ate them in vast quantities, the results were often spectacular — they scuttered everywhere and over everything."
- "Red Finger’s gun was still in his hand. He lifted it, and furred rodents scuttered away at the movement. He aimed the weapon carefully at the front of the dark truck body, low down."
Etymology
Alteration of scuttle.