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skitter

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skitter  \Skit"ter\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Skit},  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.  --James  A. 
  Henshall 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skitter  \Skit"ter\,  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  --T. 
  Roosevelt. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skitter 
  v  1:  to  move  about  or  proceed  hurriedly:  "so  terrified  by  the 
  extraordinary  ebbing  of  the  sea  that  they  scurried  to 
  higher  ground."  [syn:  {scurry},  {scamper},  {scuttle}] 
  2:  glide  easily  along  a  surface 
  3:  cause  to  skip  over  a  surface:  "Skip  a  stone  across  the  pond" 
  [syn:  {skim},  {skip}] 
  4:  twitch  the  hook  of  a  fishing  line  through  or  along  the 
  surface  of  water




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