1. 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
2. skitter(v = verb.motion) - glide easily along a surface;
is one way to glide
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
3. skitter(v = verb.contact) skim, skip - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
is one way to throw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
4. skitter(v = verb.contact) - twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water;
is one way to twitch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
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.]
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.]
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.
Etymology:
app. frequent. of dial. skite, perh. formed as SKIT(1)