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skitter

/ skitter /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
Type of:
twitch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
glide easily along a surface
Type of:
glide
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
cause to skip over a surface
"Skip a stone across the pond"
Type of:
throw
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
to move about or proceed hurriedly
"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
Type of:
run
Kinds of:
crab
Derived:
scamper scramble scurry
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
56%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
8
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

twitch glide throw run crab