SKITTER

skitter

Noun

  1. A skittering movement.
    A skitter of activity.
    A skitter of gooseflesh.

Verb

  1. to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing
    I opened the cabinet and hundreds of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
  2. to make a skittering noise


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