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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCUTTER

Scut "ter, v. i. [Cf. Scuttle, v. i.]

Defn: To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [Prov. Eng. ]

A mangy little jackal. .. cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows. Kipling.

New American Oxford Dictionary

scutter

scut ter |ˈskətər ˈskədər |chiefly Brit. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (esp. of a small animal ) move hurriedly with short steps: a little dog scuttered up from the cabin. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an act or sound of scuttering. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: perhaps an alteration of the verb scuttle 2 .

Oxford Dictionary

scutter

scutter |ˈskʌtə |chiefly Brit. ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] (especially of a small animal ) move hurriedly with short steps: a little dog scuttered up from the cabin. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an act or sound of scuttering.