scutter
verb
[ ˈskʌtə ]
• (especially of a small animal) move hurriedly with short steps.
• "a little dog scuttered up from the cabin"
scutter
noun
• an act or sound of scuttering.
• "there was no sound in the wood, no scutter of tiny beast"
Origin:
late 18th century: perhaps an alteration of the verb scuttle2.
