scuttering

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of scutter
2. noun The act of running with a light pattering noise; a skittering.

   the scutterings of rats

Similar words

scuttling skitter sprinkling scud scuff scraping scram skirmishing scantling scruffle

Often followed by

of footsteps rush across away