A skittering movement.
A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh.
To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.
I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
To cause to have diarrhea.
To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.