Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skitter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skitter \Skit"ter\, v. t. [Cf. {Skit}, 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. --James A.
Henshall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skitter \Skit"ter\, 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. --T.
Roosevelt.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skitter
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground." [syn: {scurry}, {scamper}, {scuttle}]
2: glide easily along a surface
3: cause to skip over a surface: "Skip a stone across the pond"
[syn: {skim}, {skip}]
4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the
surface of water
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