skitter

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الإنجليزية - التركية
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
to make a skittering noise
A skittering movement

A skitter of gooseflesh.

to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing

I opened the cabinet and hundreds of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.

to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
A badly behaved child
glide easily along a surface
If something skitters, it moves about very lightly and quickly. The rats skittered around them in the drains and under the floorboards. to move very quickly and lightly, like a small animal = scurry skitter across/down/along etc (Probably from skite (18-20 centuries), probably from a language)
cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip
twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water glide easily along a surface
To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim
{f} move rapidly over a surface, skim quickly across a surface; run or move quickly; cause a lure or baited hook to skip across the surface of the water (Fishing)
skittered
past of skitter
skittering
present participle of skitter
skitters
third-person singular of skitter
skitter
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