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Meanings of skitter (skitters) in English

Catalan
escapolir-se

To move about or proceed hurriedly.

escapolir-se

Cause to skip over a surface.

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Examples for "skip"
Examples for "skip"
1
So I'll just skip to the point: we have a major problem.
The Fuller Memorandum
2
Problem is, your self-restraint is so good you often skip meals altogether.
Cook yourself thin: skinny meals you can make in minutes
3
In my experience, health insurance is simply a payment to skip queues.
The Irish Times
4
Honestly, I could skip work entirely and he wouldn't know the difference.
This is where we live
5
If I don't have something good to say, I skip the subject.
Within arm's reach
1
Semihard; skim; blue-veined; made of all three milks: cow, goat and sheep.
The Complete Book of Cheese
2
A quick skim through Twitter reveals what really shook people this year.
The Irish Times
3
It let the agency skim uncounted millions of dollars from the plan.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
4
Semisoft; sour skim milk with salty flavor from curing in brine bath.
The Complete Book of Cheese
5
When it has boiled skim it, and then put in the plums.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Usage of skitters in English
1
A shadow slides across the trees and something skitters in the distance.
Two Truths and a Lie
2
Tansy's gaze skitters away from him and fastens on the Scooby-Doo glass.
Black house
3
I've allus heerd as washin' is mighty bad when skitters is around.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
4
Moving like a living thing, the fire skitters here, takes great leaps there.
The Girl I Used to Be
5
He skitters on to the silken strands, cautiously testing his footing.
Children of Time
6
It clutches at me, skitters between my clothes and my skin.
The gathering
7
The thing skitters back, just out of the bat's arc.
Shades of gray
8
They've been worrying it all summer, worse than the skitters.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
9
The gun falls and skitters down the sloped roof.
Strange Sweet Song
10
I 'lows skitters 'most allus goes fur young 'uns.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
11
Something skitters across my hand and I scream.
Arcadia falls
12
A white cow at the other side of the river skitters in fright at the sound.
The great lover
13
The skitters are mighty thick down here.
The Man in the Twilight
14
The sword skitters out of my hand.
Angelfall
15
I try to pray, but my mind skitters around like a foal in a meadow in springtime.
The King’s Curse
16
It's quite a piece up the hill, which helps to keep it clear of skitters an' things?
The Man in the Twilight
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Translations for skitters
Skitters through the time