skitter
pronunciation
How to pronounce skitter in British English:
UK [ˈskɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce skitter in American English:
US [ˈskɪtɚ]
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- Verb:
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
- glide easily along a surface
- cause to skip over a surface
- twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
Word Origin
- skitter (v.)
- "to run rapidly," 1845, frequentative of skite "to dart, run quickly" (1721), perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse skjota "to shoot, launch, move quickly, avoid (a blow);" Norwegian dialectal skutla "glide rapidly"); see skittish. As a noun from 1905.
Example
- 1. Watch a rabbit skitter off into the woods .
- 2. And used my son as skitter bait ?
- 3. The whole lunch becomes a game where I ask a question and his replies soar and skitter off in entirely opposite directions .