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Meanings of skitter (skitters) in English
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Examples for "scuttle"
Examples for "scuttle"
1
I've seen 'em scuttle right up a hork tree after a howler.
2
In the shed, however, he put down the scuttle and stood still.
3
Ryan described the mail-fraud charge that threatened to scuttle Ricca's parole chances.
4
The tramp had managed to get through a scuttle on the roof.
5
When the cold light of day dawns they scuttle away and hide.
1
They began an upward scamper which they would never have believed possible.
2
Off they scamper for a peep through the windows of the house.
3
But there is this difference-thatover the Benares roofs the monkeys scamper.
4
In a wild scamper we were off, leaping logs and dodging trees.
5
The Vikings answered with a touchdown set up by Cook's 70-yard scamper.
1
There was a wild scurry of wings; then the other bird dropt.
2
And people scurry about losing themselves in cogs and springs and levers.
3
The machine strikes little drifts, and they scurry away in a cloud.
4
He left the woodchucks to scurry about the pasture as they pleased.
5
We saddled the donkey, and my mother went hurry-scurry to the château.
Usage of skitters in English
1
A shadow slides across the trees and something skitters in the distance.
2
Tansy's gaze skitters away from him and fastens on the Scooby-Doo glass.
3
I've allus heerd as washin' is mighty bad when skitters is around.
4
Moving like a living thing, the fire skitters here, takes great leaps there.
5
He skitters on to the silken strands, cautiously testing his footing.
6
It clutches at me, skitters between my clothes and my skin.
7
The thing skitters back, just out of the bat's arc.
8
They've been worrying it all summer, worse than the skitters.
9
The gun falls and skitters down the sloped roof.
10
I 'lows skitters 'most allus goes fur young 'uns.
11
Something skitters across my hand and I scream.
12
A white cow at the other side of the river skitters in fright at the sound.
13
The skitters are mighty thick down here.
14
The sword skitters out of my hand.
15
I try to pray, but my mind skitters around like a foal in a meadow in springtime.
16
It's quite a piece up the hill, which helps to keep it clear of skitters an' things?
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Frequent collocations
Skitters through the time