1. moves lightly and quickly across a surface, often with small bouncing or sliding motions
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘skitter’

Examples

• The mouse skitters across the kitchen floor.
• A leaf skitters down the sidewalk in the wind.
• The crab skitters sideways into its hole.
• Rain skitters against the window pane.
• The hockey puck skitters across the ice.
• A lizard skitters up the wall and disappears.