0 present participle of skitter
1 (especially of a small animal, bird, or insect) to move very quickly and lightly:
The work could best be described as a bravura chamber concerto for 24 soloists; or as a vast skittering free-form gloss on the idea of the 'hunting' scherzo.
I feel more like a coot skittering over the surface of a lake, below which lie deep and unplumbable depths of wisdom.
A dark room is spooky, but add a creaking floorboard and rats skittering in the walls and it becomes "really" creepy.
Humcrush present futuristic electro-jazz, mixing hyper electronics, bleats of analogue keyboards and skittering live drums to great effect.
Short dark pants held up with straps is all he wears as he bounds along in his odd, skittering gait.
