Definition of skitters:
(v) :
(intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
(v) :
(intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
(v) :
(transitive) To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
(n) :
(also figuratively) A skittering movement.
(v) :
(transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to have diarrhea.
(v) :
(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.