skitter , v :
(intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry. (intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering. (transitive) To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
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