Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to skitter
Participle: skittered
Gerund: skittering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | skitter |
| you | skitter |
| he;she;it | skitters |
| we | skitter |
| you | skitter |
| they | skitter |
Perfect
| I | have skittered |
| you | have skittered |
| he;she;it | has skittered |
| we | have skittered |
| you | have skittered |
| they | have skittered |
Past
| I | skittered |
| you | skittered |
| he;she;it | skittered |
| we | skittered |
| you | skittered |
| they | skittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had skittered |
| you | had skittered |
| he;she;it | had skittered |
| we | had skittered |
| you | had skittered |
| they | had skittered |
Future
| I | will skitter |
| you | will skitter |
| he;she;it | will skitter |
| we | will skitter |
| you | will skitter |
| they | will skitter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have skittered |
| you | will have skittered |
| he;she;it | will have skittered |
| we | will have skittered |
| you | will have skittered |
| they | will have skittered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | skitter |
| you | skitter |
| he;she;it | skitter |
| we | skitter |
| you | skitter |
| they | skitter |
Perfect
| I | have skittered |
| you | have skittered |
| he;she;it | have skittered |
| we | have skittered |
| you | have skittered |
| they | have skittered |
Imperfect
| I | skittered |
| you | skittered |
| he;she;it | skittered |
| we | skittered |
| you | skittered |
| they | skittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had skittered |
| you | had skittered |
| he;she;it | had skittered |
| we | had skittered |
| you | had skittered |
| they | had skittered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would skitter |
| you | would skitter |
| he;she;it | would skitter |
| we | would skitter |
| you | would skitter |
| they | would skitter |
Perfect
| I | would have skittered |
| you | would have skittered |
| he;she;it | would have skittered |
| we | would have skittered |
| you | would have skittered |
| they | would have skittered |
Imperative
| you | skitter |
| we | Let's skitter |
| you | skitter |
Verbs conjugated like 'skitter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'skitter'
bitter,
chitter,
clitter,
flitter,
fritter,
glitter,
jitter,
kittel,
kitten,
litter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Possibly a frequentative of skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction”) (Scotland, Northern England). The noun is derived from the verb.
Sample Sentences
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I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
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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. [1882, Theodore Roosevelt, “Waterfowl”, in Hunting Trips of a Ranchman; Hunting Trips on the Prairie and in the Mountains, New York, N.Y.; London: The Co-operative Publication Society, →OCLC; republished as Hunting Trips of a Ranchman: Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains, Medora edition, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1885, →OCLC, page 56]
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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." [2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI Sounds Refreshed and Rejuvenated on Its 10th Album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The A.V. Club:]
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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. [1883, James A[lexander] Henshall, “Black Bass Fishing”, in Alfred M[arshall] Mayer, editor, Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, →OCLC, page 394:]