Skitter vs. Skittler — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Skitter and Skittler
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Skitter
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.
Skittler
One who plays the game of skittles.
Skitter
To fish by drawing a lure or baited hook over the surface of the water with a skipping movement.
Skitter
To cause to skitter.
Skitter
(intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry.
I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
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Skitter
(intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
Skitter
(transitive) To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
Skitter
To cause to have diarrhea.
Skitter
To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
Skitter
A skittering movement.
A skitter of activity.
A skitter of gooseflesh.
A skitter of gooseflesh.
Skitter
Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
Skitter
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.
The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface.
Skitter
To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down.
Skitter
To move about or proceed hurriedly;
So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
Skitter
Glide easily along a surface
Skitter
Cause to skip over a surface;
Skip a stone across the pond
Skitter
Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
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