skitter
Americanverb (used without object)
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to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
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to skim along a surface.
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Angling. to draw a lure or a baited hook over the water with a skipping motion.
verb (used with object)
verb
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to move or run rapidly or lightly; scamper
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to skim or cause to skim lightly and rapidly, as across the surface of water
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(intr) angling to draw a bait lightly over the surface of water
Etymology
Origin of skitter
Example Sentences
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A little fuel and some high-frequency sparking makes the robot skitter across the ground.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023
Smaller than a mouse and about the weight of three pennies in the hand, the Dorset bats skitter across the cave walls or cling to one another for warmth.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023
That helped jar the puck loose to skitter over to Kotkaniemi for the near-post putaway at 3:58.
From Washington Times • May 6, 2023
Arctic foxes skitter with the herky-jerky motion of silent movies.
From New York Times • May 19, 2022
“Poor Margaret,” Penelope thought as she watched the good-hearted girl skitter gracefully away across the cobblestones.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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