skitter
skitter
Definition
skit·ter (skit′ər)
intransitive verb
- to skip, scamper, or move along quickly and lightly, esp. over water
- ☆ to draw a fish lure over the water with a skipping motion
Etymology: freq. of dial. skite, to dart about < Scand, akin to shoot
transitive verb
to cause to skitter
skitter
Usage Examples
Followed by a transitive particle
- down: The walls burned to the touch, and as he skittered down a turn, a faint sound reached his ears.
Object
- beat: Manga Bros Darkness reigns in the Manga's world of skittering trip-hop beats, eerie ambient washes and junglist drums.
Preposition: across
- floor: A cockroach considered taking its usual skitter across the floor, but was interrupted.
- table: When you release the pressure, Rider will skitter across the table, toward you.
Modifying Another Word
- away: The stick skittered away from me, like ball bearings poured on to a sheet of steel.
- about: A cast of seven skittered about with great energy, the women looking rather glamorous in chic costumes from Neil Cunningham.
- back: He screeched at the creature ultrasonically, which rotated through 180 degrees and skittered back into the undergrowth making frightened, low pitched rumblings.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- off: TIP: I always punch the points where I want to drill to stop the bit from skittering off.
