SKITTER

verb Etymology: probably frequentative of English dialect (Scots and northern) skite to move quickly, probably from Old Norse skyt-, stem of skjōta to shoot Date: 1845 intransitive verb 1. to glide or skip lightly or quickly, to move in or as in a jittery or jerky way , to twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water, transitive verb to cause to ~