skitter in English
- skitter⇄noun a light skipping movement or the sound caused by this.
Ex. The slim shell trailed with dying headway to the skitter of the resting oars (Scribner's Magazine). - skitter⇄skitter, verb, noun.
- skitter⇄v.i. 1. to move lightly or quickly; hurry about.
Ex. Motorscooters, ridden by sport-shirted youths, skittered among primitive horsemen in burnooses (Time).
2. to skim or skip along a surface.
Ex. ... the Concepcion was skittering downs - skitter⇄v.t. 1. to cause to skitter.
2. (U.S.) (in fishing) to draw in (a spoon or baited hook) over the surface of the water with a skipping motion.