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skit·ter
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ər
/
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skit
-er
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verb (used without object)
1.
to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
2.
to skim along a surface.
3.
Angling
.
to draw a lure or a baited hook over the water with a skipping motion.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to skitter.
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Origin:
1835–45;
skit,
variant of
skite
1
+
-er
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skitter
(ˈskɪtə)
—
vb
(often foll by
off
)
1.
to move or run rapidly or lightly; scamper
2.
to skim or cause to skim lightly and rapidly, as across the surface of water
3.
(
intr
)
angling
to draw a bait lightly over the surface of water
[C19: probably from dialect
skite
to dash about; related to Old Norse
skjōta
to
shoot
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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skitter
"to run rapidly," 1845, frequentative of skite "to dart, run quickly" (1721), perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. Icelandic skjota "to shoot," or Norw. dialectal skutla "glide rapidly"); related to source of
skit
(q.v.).
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