Synonyms of skittered

skittered

verb

past tense of skitter

as in scurried

to move quickly and lightly along a surface

Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.

Mice skittered across the floor.

Related Words

• scurried
• darted
• fluttered
• danced
• flitted
• scuttled
• scampered
• flew
• flickered
• flicked
• skipped
• wandered
• scudded
• roamed
• sped
• sprinted
• flittered
• sailed
• flirted
• zipped
• dashed
• meandered
• zinged
• zoomed
• rambled
• shot

Dissimilar Words

• hung
• floated
• hovered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skittered

Iguanas skittered across the dirt; birds and insects filled the air with noise. — Brigid Washington, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026

Ice crystals skittered across the plateau, catching in the curve of the sastrugi before blowing free. — Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026

Gu skittered off the first rail and toppled to her side, dashing her title hopes. — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026

The two tuxedo cats skittered uneasily away from her, afraid of what kind of chaos this toddling creature would bring into their lives. — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Feb. 2026

Smaller critters — hermit crabs, lightning whelks and snails — skittered along the seafloor. — Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026

But Pastrnak had already headed up ice and the puck skittered into no-man’s land. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025

Bats were flipped, benches cleared, Toronto’s manager was ejected and throws skittered around PNC Park. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025

Rumors of a Satanic curse on the event skittered around the Haight, so early on the morning of the 14th, Ginsberg, Snyder, and Alan Watts conducted a pradakshina, a Buddhist purification rite. — Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025