1. Glide easily along a surface
   "The stone skittered across the pond"
    
2. 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], beetle [informal]
    
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
   "The angler skittered the lure across the pond"

Derived forms: skittering, skittered, skitters

Type of: glide, go, locomote, move, run, throw, travel, twitch, wing