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
Several small, unsecured items fell and skittered across the cabin floor.
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Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Arthropleura lived between 290 million and 346 million years ago, skittering around the Earth’s tropical equator alongside other massive arthropods like the two-foot-long scorpion Pulmonoscorpius.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Any horror novel worth its salt should make the heart race and the spine tingle, as if a great, hairy spider was skittering along each vertebrae.
—Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Rain and Navarro rush in to save them, just in time to notice that a lot of skittering creatures are running, jumping, and trying to knock up their new visitors.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
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Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Arthropleura lived between 290 million and 346 million years ago, skittering around the Earth’s tropical equator alongside other massive arthropods like the two-foot-long scorpion Pulmonoscorpius.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Any horror novel worth its salt should make the heart race and the spine tingle, as if a great, hairy spider was skittering along each vertebrae.
—Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Rain and Navarro rush in to save them, just in time to notice that a lot of skittering creatures are running, jumping, and trying to knock up their new visitors.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skitter
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And as the pay has shrunk, RSNs and their team and league partners are now scurrying to at least get more eyeballs.—
Evan Drellich,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rats scurry across the halls, smuggled in inadvertently between the folds of a homeless man’s clothes.—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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Szoboszlai darted towards the near post to receive Mac Allister’s low delivery and swept the ball towards Salah close to the penalty spot.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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One sheep was on a mission and darted toward the guardian dogs' puppy.—
Liz O'Connell,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Nonstop entertainment with live music and dancing all day long in our Biergarten and Clubhouse.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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There's always something to do in the city's diverse neighborhoods, from tango dancing to wandering the various markets or museums or escaping to nature for a quick day trip to a beach or national park. 7.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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With a plot that flits between past and present, The Notebook follows Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah’s (Ryan Gosling) love affair as told by Noah’s older self (James Garner) at a nursing home to his wife (the late, great Gena Rowlands) suffering from Alzheimer’s.—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
EW.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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The other excellent actors flit in and out as nonsensical characters: Britton plays Valerie Whitesell, Mullen's former chief of staff and lover (an insult to her, to be honest; there is a 24-year age difference between the actors).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Lift your legs off the floor and flutter your feet.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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Jason Lloyd Evans At Harris Reed, models walked the runway fluttering exaggerated blue, gold, and jet black false eyelashes.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Skitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skitter. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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