Synonyms for skitter
Definitions
- v. 1
To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
- v. 2
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
Related words
- Word family
- skitterish skittery
Forms
- Past participle
- skittered
e.g. skittered → scurried, scampered, scuttled, skedaddled…
Example sentences
- scuttle Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!
- scurry Shadowy figures scurry across the street.
- scamper I saw a mouse scamper across the floor.
- skedaddle I've got to skedaddle or I'll be late.
- skate You need to have strong thigh muscles to skate.
- skim Let the milk stand overnight and skim off the cream.
By length
- 4 letters
- skip1, skim1
- 5 letters
- skate1
- 6 letters
- scurry2
- 7 letters
- scuttle2, scamper2
- 9 letters
- skedaddle
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (scurry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
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