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skitter

[skit-er] / ˈskɪt ər /


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Motorized blue spotlights skitter across the floor and climb walls to the ceiling, where they rush past a pair of mirrored disco fixtures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

A little fuel and some high-frequency sparking makes the robot skitter across the ground.

From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023

Smaller than a mouse and about the weight of three pennies in the hand, the Dorset bats skitter across the cave walls or cling to one another for warmth.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

That helped jar the puck loose to skitter over to Kotkaniemi for the near-post putaway at 3:58.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2023

I can hear the dog’s nails skitter on the floor as she lands.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins




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