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Meaning of skitter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  skitter
      v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
           extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
           higher ground" [syn: {scurry}, {scamper}, {skitter},
           {scuttle}]
      2: glide easily along a surface
      3: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
         [syn: {skim}, {skip}, {skitter}]
      4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the
         surface of water

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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