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Skitter   Listen
verb
Skitter  v. t.  To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip. "The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface."



Skitter  v. i.  To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim. "Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down."






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"Skitter" Quotes from Famous Books



... the nerve to. I don't know as I'll ever have the nerve to. But I want that little gal bad. I want her so bad I feel I could get right out an' trail around these darnation hills, an' skitter holes, hollering 'help' like some mangy coyote chasing up her young. Oh, I'm going to ask her. I'll have to ask her, if I have to get you to hand me the dope to fix my nerve right. And, say, if she hands me the G. B. for that bladder ...
— The Triumph of John Kars - A Story of the Yukon • Ridgwell Cullum



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