skelterv.
/ˈskɛltə/ intransitive. To dash along, hurry, rush, scurry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > scurry or scamper
scuttlea1450
scuddle1577
curry1608
scamper1691
brattle1725
scurry1810
chevya1825
skitter1845
skelter1852
hurry and scurry1857
skeeter1964
1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus i. 8 Those that were on the wing began skeltering in headlong flight.
1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. v. 102 Numbers of women skeltered away as I walked through the village.
1899 Daily News 24 Nov. 4 They will come skeltering back fast enough.
Derivatives
ˈskeltering adj.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blowing (of wind) > strongly or violently
blustering1513
whisking1545
skeltering1869
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxii. 252 After the long dry skeltering wind of March.., there had been a fortnight of soft wet.
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