Usually means: Moving lightly and quickly; scampering.
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  1. skittering: Merriam-Webster
  2. skittering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. skittering: Vocabulary.com
  4. skittering: Wordnik
  5. skittering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. skittering: Wiktionary
  7. skittering: Dictionary.com
  8. skittering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skittering: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (skittering)

▸ noun:  The act of one who skitters.

Similar:
scurry, skim, scamper, skip, scuttle, chittering, scrabbling, brattling, scritching, tittering, more...

Opposite:
stomping, plodding, trudging, striding, sauntering

Types:
darting, scurrying, scampering, dashing, rushing, speeding, hurrying, more...



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Similar:
scurry, skim, scamper, skip, scuttle, chittering, scrabbling, brattling, scritching, tittering, more...

Opposite:
stomping, plodding, trudging, striding, sauntering

Types:
darting, scurrying, scampering, dashing, rushing, speeding, hurrying, more...



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