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