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v. - Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water; Cause to skip over a surface; Glide easily along a surface; To move about or proceed hurriedly.

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  • Mid-album, the thin skitter of "Boiling Water" unfurls into a seriously nagging tune that will sound sweet in H&M.
  • The smile on her face freezes as coins skitter and bounce across the counter, to the floor at her feet, and she looks up, confused.
  •  The smile on her face freezes as coins skitter and bounce across the counter, to the floor at her feet, and she looks up, confused.
  • "If I wasn't so stove up, an 'nobody wasn't lookin', I'd jes 'skitter' round this here yard like a colt!"
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