Lexic.us

Definition of Skitter

1. Verb. To move about or proceed hurriedly. "So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

2. Verb. Glide easily along a surface.

3. Verb. Cause to skip over a surface. "Skip a stone across the pond"

4. Verb. Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water.

Definition of Skitter

1. v. t. To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.

2. v. i. To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.

Definition of Skitter

1. Verb. (intransitive) to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) to make a skittering noise ¹

3. Noun. A skittering movement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skitter

1. to move lightly or rapidly along a surface [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skitter

skis skister skisters skit skitch skitched skitches skitching skite-the-gutter skited

skites skiting skits skitted skitter (current term) skittered skitterier skitteriest skittering skitters

skittery skitting skittish skittishly skittishness skittishnesses skittle skittle-dog skittle-dogs

Literary usage of Skitter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Great Britain Magistrates' cases, Edward William Cox (1873)
"The said Robert skitter died in 1837 ... Mrs. skitter died about the year 1848, and from her death the said Robert Maitland ..."

2. Book of the Black Bass, Comprising Its Complete Scientific and Life History by James Alexander Henshall (1881)
"To the end of the line is attached a small trout-spoon, or the skitter- ing-spoon, which is still smaller, being the smallest revolving spoon made. ..."

3. Book of the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1881)
"To the end of the line is attached a small trout-spoon, or the skitter- ing-spoon, which is still smaller, being the smallest revolving spoon made. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"skitter-BOOTS. Half boots, laced in front. ... skitter-WIT. A foolish, giddy, harebrained fellow. ..."

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