skittered; skittering; skitters
1
a
: to glide or skip lightly or quickly
b
: to move in or as in a jittery or jerky way
leaves skittering over the sidewalk
2
: to twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
: to cause to skitter
Examples of skitter in a Sentence
Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.
Mice skittered across the floor.
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Arthropleura lived between 290 million and 346 million years ago, skittering around the Earth’s tropical equator alongside other massive arthropods like the two-foot-long scorpion Pulmonoscorpius.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Any horror novel worth its salt should make the heart race and the spine tingle, as if a great, hairy spider was skittering along each vertebrae.
—Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Rain and Navarro rush in to save them, just in time to notice that a lot of skittering creatures are running, jumping, and trying to knock up their new visitors.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
Soon, those facehuggers are skittering all over the dimly lit corridors, jumping on people's faces, and impregnating them with other little aliens eager to burst out of chests.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Any horror novel worth its salt should make the heart race and the spine tingle, as if a great, hairy spider was skittering along each vertebrae.
—Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Rain and Navarro rush in to save them, just in time to notice that a lot of skittering creatures are running, jumping, and trying to knock up their new visitors.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
Soon, those facehuggers are skittering all over the dimly lit corridors, jumping on people's faces, and impregnating them with other little aliens eager to burst out of chests.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Skitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skitter. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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skitter
verb
skit·ter
ˈskit-ər 
: to glide or skip lightly or quickly : skim along a surface
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