verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I shine my pocket torch on to hundreds of crabs skittering into the sea.
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It had plucked Mariana from the pillion seat, skittering her against the current like a flat stone skipped across a pond.
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It screwed across asphalt, skittering in various directions at 30 miles per hour.
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Lightly falling raindrops splashed into her open mouth and eyes, skittering across her taut, shiny face.
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Shaking the snow off their hair and coats, the girls skitter up the back stairs into the factory.
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They skitter along, in a hurry, struggling to keep up with the powerful front end.