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1. To move about or proceed hurriedly
   "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they skittered to higher ground";
   - scurry, scamper, scuttle, scutter [Brit]
    
2. Glide easily along a surface
    
3. Cause to move quickly over a surface with small jumps
   "skitter a stone across the pond";
   - skim, skip
    
4. Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water

Derived forms: skittered, skitters, skittering

Type of: glide, run, throw, twitch, wing