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		skitterskit‧ter /ˈskɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]    skitterOrigin: 1800-1900 Probably from skite  ‘to slide, skip’ (18-20 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language  VERB TABLEskitter |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | skitter |   | he, she, it | skitters |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | skittered |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have skittered |   | he, she, it | has skittered |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had skittered |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will skitter |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have skittered |  
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 | Present | I | am skittering |   | he, she, it | is skittering |   | you, we, they | are skittering |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was skittering |   | you, we, they | were skittering |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been skittering |   | he, she, it | has been skittering |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been skittering |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be skittering |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been skittering |  
    - I shine my pocket torch on to hundreds of crabs skittering into the sea.
 - It had plucked Mariana from the pillion seat, skittering her against the current like a flat stone skipped across a pond.
 - It screwed across asphalt, skittering in various directions at 30 miles per hour.
 - Lightly falling raindrops splashed into her open mouth and eyes, skittering across her taut, shiny face.
 - Shaking the snow off their hair and coats, the girls skitter up the back stairs into the factory.
 - They skitter along, in a hurry, struggling to keep up with the powerful front end.
 
    to move very quickly and lightly, like a small animal  SYN  scurryskitter across/down/along etc  Something skittered across the alley.  |