as in to scurry
to move quickly and lightly along a surface
Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk. Mice skittered across the floor.
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Recent Examples of skitter
While massive dinosaurs stomped around during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, these little creatures were skittering around under their feet.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
However, a player from each team had faced off, the linesman dropped the puck, it then got deflected by Abbotsford and skittered back into the goal.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
There was something skittering about the way the cars moved.
—Hala Alyan
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
And the indium atoms that do get in tend to skitter around on the surface, finally clumping together in a way that hampers light emission.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2010
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
However, a player from each team had faced off, the linesman dropped the puck, it then got deflected by Abbotsford and skittered back into the goal.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
There was something skittering about the way the cars moved.
—Hala Alyan
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
And the indium atoms that do get in tend to skitter around on the surface, finally clumping together in a way that hampers light emission.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skitter
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Some firms have scurried to ship early, but even a few days’ delay at sea could blow up their margins.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Inside, there’s the occasional model being fitted and photographed, outside there are truck drivers, caterers, lighting specialists and many more milling around or scurrying about.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Grass moths that darted sideways through the air.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Leavitt took the snap and darted right, headed for the first-down marker on the sideline.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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But only once has the mercantile danced with the affluent to such sensuous effect in the realm of fiction.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes that is dancing to music in my living room.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sunlight flitted over the Pacific Ocean and into our bedroom.—
Joe Garcia,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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The spaces are smaller, with lower benches, and the older players, flitting between dressing rooms for U14s and U12s, have had to take their belongings home each day rather than leave them in lockers due to the carousel of teams moving in and out.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The fastest way to a stressful hosting experience is by micro-managing and trying to do everything yourself, from setting out food and drink to cleaning up to fluttering around to ensure nothing is going wrong.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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There were discussions about the addition of false eyelashes, according to the film’s visual effects makeup artist and creature designer, Mike Hill, but the consensus was that Elordi’s own were long and fluttering enough.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Skitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skitter. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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