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skirt of tasses |
skirting |
skirting board |
skit |
skitter
| skittish
| skittishly
| skittishness
| skittle
| skittle alley
skitter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb skitter has 4 senses
- skitter(v = verb.motion) scamper, scurry, scuttle - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" is one way to run
- skitter(v = verb.motion) Array - glide easily along a surface; Array is one way to glide
- skitter(v = verb.contact) skim, skip - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" is one way to throw
- skitter(v = verb.contact) Array - twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water; Array is one way to twitch
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CIDE DICTIONARY
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.
"The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
skitter, v. i.
To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.
"Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
skitter, v.intr. (also skeeter)
1 a (usu. foll. by along, across) move lightly or hastily. b (usu. foll. by about, off) hurry about, dart off.
2 fish by drawing bait jerkily across the surface of the water.
1 a (usu. foll. by along, across) move lightly or hastily. b (usu. foll. by about, off) hurry about, dart off.
2 fish by drawing bait jerkily across the surface of the water.
Etymology
app. frequent. of dial. skite, perh. formed as SKIT(1)
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