skitter

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.