skitter

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verb

1. to move about or proceed hurriedly
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
• Syn:
scurry, scamper, scuttle
• Derivationally related forms:
scamper (for: scamper), scurry (for: scurry)
• Hypernyms:
run
• Hyponyms:
crab
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. glide easily along a surface
• Hypernyms:
glide
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. cause to skip over a surface
- Skip a stone across the pond
• Syn:
skim, skip
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
• Hypernyms:
twitch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  skim, skip, scurry, scamper, scuttle