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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 scuttle.]
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scutter
(ˈskʌtə)vb, n
Brit an informal word for scurry
[C18: probably from scuttle2, with -er1 as in scatter]
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scut•ter
(ˈskʌt ər)v.i.
Chiefly Brit. to scurry.
[1775–85; variant of scuttle 2]
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scutter
Past participle: scuttered
Gerund: scuttering
| Imperative |
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| scutter |
| scutter |
| Present |
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| I scutter |
| you scutter |
| he/she/it scutters |
| we scutter |
| you scutter |
| they scutter |
| Preterite |
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| I scuttered |
| you scuttered |
| he/she/it scuttered |
| we scuttered |
| you scuttered |
| they scuttered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am scuttering |
| you are scuttering |
| he/she/it is scuttering |
| we are scuttering |
| you are scuttering |
| they are scuttering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have scuttered |
| you have scuttered |
| he/she/it has scuttered |
| we have scuttered |
| you have scuttered |
| they have scuttered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was scuttering |
| you were scuttering |
| he/she/it was scuttering |
| we were scuttering |
| you were scuttering |
| they were scuttering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had scuttered |
| you had scuttered |
| he/she/it had scuttered |
| we had scuttered |
| you had scuttered |
| they had scuttered |
| Future |
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| I will scutter |
| you will scutter |
| he/she/it will scutter |
| we will scutter |
| you will scutter |
| they will scutter |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have scuttered |
| you will have scuttered |
| he/she/it will have scuttered |
| we will have scuttered |
| you will have scuttered |
| they will have scuttered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be scuttering |
| you will be scuttering |
| he/she/it will be scuttering |
| we will be scuttering |
| you will be scuttering |
| they will be scuttering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been scuttering |
| you have been scuttering |
| he/she/it has been scuttering |
| we have been scuttering |
| you have been scuttering |
| they have been scuttering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been scuttering |
| you will have been scuttering |
| he/she/it will have been scuttering |
| we will have been scuttering |
| you will have been scuttering |
| they will have been scuttering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been scuttering |
| you had been scuttering |
| he/she/it had been scuttering |
| we had been scuttering |
| you had been scuttering |
| they had been scuttering |
| Conditional |
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| I would scutter |
| you would scutter |
| he/she/it would scutter |
| we would scutter |
| you would scutter |
| they would scutter |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have scuttered |
| you would have scuttered |
| he/she/it would have scuttered |
| we would have scuttered |
| you would have scuttered |
| they would have scuttered |
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