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Skitter   Listen
verb
Skitter  v. t.  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."



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."






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"Skitter" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the lever and moved it back two notches, standing open-mouthed at the immediate result. The cream-and-brown streaks were making a picture! Moving another notch down caused the picture to skitter back and forth on the screen. With memories of TV tuning to guide him, Ross brought the other lever down to a matching position, and the dim and shadowy images leaped into clear and complete focus. But the color was still brown, not the black and ...
— The Time Traders • Andre Norton

... known ... er ... jewel thief traced to the neighborhood. Blandly amenable to Jason's suggestion that his men be permitted to go over the mansion (once he'd started this damfool caper, he had to go through with it). Lonnie so bland that Jason felt a skitter of perspiration down his backbone while his men hustled up the soaring ...
— Zero Data • Charles Saphro

... the nerve to. I don't know as I'll ever have the nerve to. But I want that little gal bad. I want her so bad I feel I could get right out an' trail around these darnation hills, an' skitter holes, hollering 'help' like some mangy coyote chasing up her young. Oh, I'm going to ask her. I'll have to ask her, if I have to get you to hand me the dope to fix my nerve right. And, say, if she hands me the G. B. for that bladder ...
— The Triumph of John Kars - A Story of the Yukon • Ridgwell Cullum



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