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Definition of skitter in English: skitter(also skeeter) verbˈskɪtəˈskɪdər 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move lightly and quickly or hurriedly. the girls skittered up the stairs figurative her mind skittered back to that day at the office Example sentencesExamples - The llamas skittered impatiently and moved forward and I saw it was for real.
- A few thoughts about Arthur skittered through her mind for a moment.
- His thoughts had no pattern to them; they skittered brokenly through his mind.
- A rock skittered lightly to his left as he stepped into the sanctuary.
- I was about to protest, but Alex quickly skittered off to the bathroom, leaving me stupidly holding the silver phone in my hand.
- He didn't seem to mind much and as he leaned in close to the girl I skittered out deciding he was further preoccupied.
- Versa yelled in a hurry, skittering to her first class.
- Doris Humphrey, wearing a red dress, skips and skitters with a windblown lightness.
- It feels like there are spiders inside my mind, skittering and tapping me dreadfully with hundreds of nasty little feet.
- When we stepped away from the tunnel's hatch, a tide of beetles skittered over the stones, away from our feet.
- Her eyes widened further, and she backed, more quickly than before, skittering quickly against the walls and door.
- He held completely still, afraid to move and send the apparition skittering back into the depths of his sleep-riddled mind.
- Thoughts of saying hello skittered briefly across my mind, but disappeared almost immediately.
- She nodded quickly and skittered over to her seat.
- He cradled her head to him, trying to understand why he felt tears skittering down his cheeks.
- And then a thought skittered across Savitri's mind like a stone across water: What if you weren't here?
- In a movie, this would be dealt with montage style, with trains hurtling down a track and planes skittering down the runway.
- His cameras zoom around a fictional CGI Paris like bugs skitter over puddles.
- Twenty girls skitter through chassées, cross-ball-changes and multiple jazz pirouettes.
- The thing by the stairs skittered in a tight circle, turning its buried face towards him.
Synonyms dash, dart, run, sprint, race, rush, hurry, hasten, hare, hurtle, bolt, shoot, charge, career, speed, fly, whizz, zoom 2with object Draw (bait) jerkily across the surface of the water as a technique in fishing.
Origin Mid 19th century: apparently a frequentative of skite. Rhymes bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, quitter, remitter, sitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, titter, transmitter, twitter, witter Definition of skitter in US English: skitter(British skeeter) verbˈskidərˈskɪdər [no object]1Move lightly and quickly or hurriedly. the girls skittered up the stairs figurative her mind skittered back to that day at the office Example sentencesExamples - When we stepped away from the tunnel's hatch, a tide of beetles skittered over the stones, away from our feet.
- She nodded quickly and skittered over to her seat.
- He didn't seem to mind much and as he leaned in close to the girl I skittered out deciding he was further preoccupied.
- His thoughts had no pattern to them; they skittered brokenly through his mind.
- His cameras zoom around a fictional CGI Paris like bugs skitter over puddles.
- Her eyes widened further, and she backed, more quickly than before, skittering quickly against the walls and door.
- Doris Humphrey, wearing a red dress, skips and skitters with a windblown lightness.
- A rock skittered lightly to his left as he stepped into the sanctuary.
- And then a thought skittered across Savitri's mind like a stone across water: What if you weren't here?
- Versa yelled in a hurry, skittering to her first class.
- Twenty girls skitter through chassées, cross-ball-changes and multiple jazz pirouettes.
- A few thoughts about Arthur skittered through her mind for a moment.
- I was about to protest, but Alex quickly skittered off to the bathroom, leaving me stupidly holding the silver phone in my hand.
- The llamas skittered impatiently and moved forward and I saw it was for real.
- Thoughts of saying hello skittered briefly across my mind, but disappeared almost immediately.
- He held completely still, afraid to move and send the apparition skittering back into the depths of his sleep-riddled mind.
- It feels like there are spiders inside my mind, skittering and tapping me dreadfully with hundreds of nasty little feet.
- He cradled her head to him, trying to understand why he felt tears skittering down his cheeks.
- The thing by the stairs skittered in a tight circle, turning its buried face towards him.
- In a movie, this would be dealt with montage style, with trains hurtling down a track and planes skittering down the runway.
Synonyms dash, dart, run, sprint, race, rush, hurry, hasten, hare, hurtle, bolt, shoot, charge, career, speed, fly, whizz, zoom 2with object Draw (bait) jerkily across the surface of the water as a technique in fishing.
Origin Mid 19th century: apparently a frequentative of skite. |