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skit⋅ter

  [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.
Origin:
1835–45; skit, var. of skite 1 + -er 6
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skit·ter   (skĭt'ər)   
v.   skit·tered, skit·ter·ing, skit·ters

v.   intr.
  1. To move rapidly along a surface, usually with frequent light contacts or changes of direction; skip or glide quickly: lizards that skitter away when approached.
  2. To fish by drawing a lure or baited hook over the surface of the water with a skipping movement.
v.   tr.
To cause to skitter.

[Probably frequentative of dialectal skite, to run rapidly, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skjōta, to shoot; see shoot.]
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