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SKITTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skitter mean?
• SKITTER (verb)
The verb SKITTER has 4 senses:
1. to move about or proceed hurriedly
2. glide easily along a surface
3. cause to skip over a surface
4. twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
Familiarity information: SKITTER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
To move about or proceed hurriedly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
scamper; scurry; scuttle; skitter
Context example:
so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
Hypernyms (to "skitter" is one way to...):
run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "skitter"):
crab (scurry sideways like a crab)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Glide easily along a surface
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "skitter" is one way to...):
glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause to skip over a surface
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
Skip a stone across the pond
Hypernyms (to "skitter" is one way to...):
throw (propel through the air)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "skitter" is one way to...):
twitch (move or pull with a sudden motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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