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Skitter

/ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/

A skittering movement.

📖 Definitions of "Skitter"

noun
  1. 1

    A skittering movement.

    "A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh."

verb
  1. 1

    To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.

    "I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness."

  2. 2

    To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.

  3. 3

    To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.

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