skitter
(verb) twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
skim, skip, skitter
(verb) cause to skip over a surface; “Skip a stone across the pond”
skitter
(verb) glide easily along a surface
scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle
(verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly; “so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
skitter (third-person singular simple present skitters, present participle skittering, simple past and past participle skittered)
(intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.
(intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
(transitive) To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
• (to move hurriedly): scamper, scurry
• (to move over a surface quickly): skip, skite
skitter (plural skitters)
(also figuratively) A skittering movement.
skitter (third-person singular simple present skitters, present participle skittering, simple past and past participle skittered)
(transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to have diarrhea.
(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
skitter (plural skitters)
(Scotland, Northern England, uncountable) Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
Source: Wiktionary
Skit"ter, v. t. [Cf. Skit, v. t.]
Definition: To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.
The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface. James A. Henshall.
Skit"ter, v. i.
Definition: To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down. T. Roosevelt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
