to skitter
1
7.3
- verb
- /ˈskɪtər/
:
hacer deslizar
- Then it skitters away, like a mouse through a hole.
- sending it skittering
- skittering across the floor
- skitter on the surface
Examples
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Scagg's sword goes skittering out on impact, clattering against the stone wall.
Fiction book (1999) -
Feta stepped toward the horse and watched it skitter backward.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jeff pitches the gun away, and it skitters down an embankment.
Fiction book (1997) -
The box bursts open as it hits the ground and sends the stocks skittering across the floor.
Blog text (34) -
In the silence that followed, he could hear the tinny sound of the spent cartridge skittering across the floor.
Fiction book (1999) -
As I slid open the glass door and stepped outside, a gust of cold wind swept along the deck, skittering dead leaves across the planks.
Fiction book (1990) -
A sudden gust shook the hanging signs above storefronts and sent a tin can skittering in a crazy dance across the curb and under the wheels of the car.
Fiction book (1990) -
A Sioux boy, Loud Bear, digs his blades into the ice as he clacks his stick and skitters the puck, an empty condensed milk can, toward the goal.
Academic text (2007) -
Spiders rappelled down rolls of insulation next to a greasy workbench; roaches skittered over wrenches, screwdrivers, and drills.
Fiction book (1999) -
With a kick, she sent the can skitter across the concrete floor.
Synonyms
54
3.1
To move quickly with short, hurried steps because you feel afraid or rushed
20
2.7
To make a flat stone bounce across the surface of water
18
6.1
To move quickly and lightly from one place to another
1
2.9
Move quickly and lightly across the surface of water
1
3.9
To move quickly and lightly just above a surface
1
5.8
To move quickly and lightly away, often because something scares you
1
6.9
To move quickly and lightly, like a small bird or moth
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Quickly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skitter is the same sound word used when something jumps or slides over a surface, similar to skip or skid. So to skitter something is to make it 'skip' or glide lightly across water or another surface.