kipittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• scurry verb To run with short, quick, hurried steps.
• scuttle noun An open bucket or container used for carrying coal.
• skitter verb To move quickly and lightly, as if scampering.

Senses

kipittää is used for these senses in English:

• scurry To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
• scuttle (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
• skitter (intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
• skitter (intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.

scurry — full definition

1. verb To run with short, quick, hurried steps.
2. noun A quick, hurried dash or bustle of activity.

scuttle — full definition

1. noun An open bucket or container used for carrying coal.
2. verb To deliberately sink a ship by making holes in its hull.
3. verb To run with short, hurried steps; to scurry.

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