skitter vs toenail

skitter

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

  • 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. 

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

  • A skittering movement. 

toenail

verb
  • To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle. 

noun
  • The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe. 

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