caracole vs skitter

caracole

noun
  • A combat maneuver where riders of the same squadron turn simultaneously to their left or to their right. 

  • A spiral staircase. 

  • A half-turn performed by a horse and rider in dressage. 

verb
  • To execute a caracole. 

skitter

noun
  • A skittering movement. 

  • Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement. 

verb
  • To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering. 

  • To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry. 

  • To cause to have diarrhea. 

  • To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement. 

  • To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite. 

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