I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
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Skitter
//ˈskɪtɚ//
Synonyms for "skitter" (16 found)
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11 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
1 entries- pobíhat verb (to move hurriedly)
Finnish
3 entries- kipittää verb (to move hurriedly)
- kipittää verb (to make a scratching or scuttling noise)
- viilettää verb (to move hurriedly)
French
1 entries- s'enfuir verb (to move hurriedly)
German
4 entries- dahinjagen verb (to move hurriedly)
- eilen verb (to move hurriedly)
- huschen verb (to move hurriedly)
- kratzen verb (to make a scratching or scuttling noise)
Russian
1 entries- мчаться verb (to move hurriedly)
Spanish
1 entries- apresurar verb (to move hurriedly)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a few feet before settling down.
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Both "Dark Snow" and "Aurelia" [by AFI] feature subtle washes of brittle piano à la Decemberunderground, while "She Speaks The Language" boasts a skittering electronic underbelly, and eerie synths are suspended like low clouds in "Above The Bridge."
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"Skittering," continued the Professor, "is practiced with a strong line about the length of the rod, to which is affixed a small trolling-spoon, a minnow, or a piece of pork-rind cut in the rude semblance of a small fish. The boat is poled along, as in ‘bobbing,’ but farther out in the stream, when the angler, standing in the bow, ‘skitters’ or skips the spoon or bait over the surface just at the edge of the weeds.
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