Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scutter
Participle: scuttered
Gerund: scuttering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scutter |
| you | scutter |
| he;she;it | scutters |
| we | scutter |
| you | scutter |
| they | scutter |
Perfect
| I | have scuttered |
| you | have scuttered |
| he;she;it | has scuttered |
| we | have scuttered |
| you | have scuttered |
| they | have scuttered |
Past
| I | scuttered |
| you | scuttered |
| he;she;it | scuttered |
| we | scuttered |
| you | scuttered |
| they | scuttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had scuttered |
| you | had scuttered |
| he;she;it | had scuttered |
| we | had scuttered |
| you | had scuttered |
| they | had scuttered |
Future
| I | will scutter |
| you | will scutter |
| he;she;it | will scutter |
| we | will scutter |
| you | will scutter |
| they | will scutter |
Future Perfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scutter |
| you | scutter |
| he;she;it | scutter |
| we | scutter |
| you | scutter |
| they | scutter |
Perfect
| I | have scuttered |
| you | have scuttered |
| he;she;it | have scuttered |
| we | have scuttered |
| you | have scuttered |
| they | have scuttered |
Imperfect
| I | scuttered |
| you | scuttered |
| he;she;it | scuttered |
| we | scuttered |
| you | scuttered |
| they | scuttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had scuttered |
| you | had scuttered |
| he;she;it | had scuttered |
| we | had scuttered |
| you | had scuttered |
| they | had scuttered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scutter |
| you | would scutter |
| he;she;it | would scutter |
| we | would scutter |
| you | would scutter |
| they | would scutter |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | scutter |
| we | Let's scutter |
| you | scutter |
Verbs conjugated like 'scutter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scutter'
scatter,
shutter,
sputter,
stutter,
butter,
chutter,
clutter,
cotter,
flutter,
futter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Alteration of scuttle.
Sample Sentences
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We saw a rat scuttering into a dark corner as we turned on the lights.
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I scuttered all the way to Dallory, and scuttered back again ; and I don’t think I stopped to speak to a single soul, but Timothy Wilks.” [1886, Mrs. Henry Wood, Bessy Rane, Richard Bentley & Son, page 122:]
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A mangy little jackal […] cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows. [1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:]
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These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers. [1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana:]
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When the birds, especially the starlings, ate them in vast quantities, the results were often spectacular — they scuttered everywhere and over everything. [2014, Anthony Holten, Of Other Days, [self-published], page 122:]
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Red Finger’s gun was still in his hand. He lifted it, and furred rodents scuttered away at the movement. He aimed the weapon carefully at the front of the dark truck body, low down. [2014, Arthur Leo Zagat, The Red Finger Pulp Mystery Megapack: 12 Tales of the Masked Hero, Wildside Press, page 61:]