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Meanings of
skitter
in inglês
catalão
escapolir-se
Back to the meaning
To move about or proceed hurriedly.
scuttle
scamper
scurry
catalão
escapolir-se
Cause to skip over a surface.
skip
skim
Synonyms
Examples for "
scuttle
"
scuttle
scamper
scurry
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
skitter
in inglês
1
Cards and chips and bills go flying, then
skitter
across the floor.
2
Watching my thoughts
skitter
through my chaotic mind is excruciating for me.
3
Murphy dropped the Bradfield, letting it
skitter
away across the silicon roof.
4
He puts the cigarettes down on the worktable where they
skitter
,
wind-shifted.
5
But while it did
skitter
around me, it never came any nearer.
6
Alia lay back and relaxed, letting the scorpions
skitter
over her body.
7
The
skitter
of dirt cascading from the undersurface of the hatch cover.
8
It's causing the magnetic North Pole to
'
skitter
'
away from Canada, towards Siberia.
9
We heard Isabel's bare feet
skitter
across the linoleum in the living room.
10
They
skitter
-
screeched
forward at an angle, heading straight for the flatbed.
11
He saw Tasslehoff
skitter
across the courtyard and into a doorway.
12
The mutts fall to their bellies and
skitter
toward us on all fours.
13
Eliana's eyes
skitter
without purchase across the scene unfolding before her.
14
Even then we haven't missed anything large enough to hide up a
skitter
.
15
The recoil caused the gun to
skitter
across the concrete floor towards the thug.
16
Even though Adesina's mind wanted to
skitter
away from that memory, it rose up.
Other examples for "skitter"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
skitter
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
skitter across
skitter away
faint skitter
bony skitter
feed skitter
More collocations
Translations for
skitter
catalão
escapolir-se
esquitllar-se
Skitter
through the time
Skitter
across language varieties
United States of America
Common