1. to move quickly with short, hurried steps
Usage: informal

1. a quick, hurried movement
Usage: informal

Examples

• The mouse scuttered across the kitchen floor.
• She heard something scutter in the attic above.
• The children scuttered away when they saw the teacher coming.
• There was a scutter of feet in the hallway.
• The crab scuttered sideways into its hole.
• A sudden scutter of leaves announced the squirrel’s arrival.