Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In angling, the action of drawing or jerking a bait along the surface of the water.
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- verb Present participle of
skitter .
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Examples
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The reason why skittering is most commonly used to imitate caddisfly activity is because it does a darn good job of it.
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When I’m feeling stressed and highly strung I wake early, my overactive brain skittering uncontrollably from worry to worry until I can’t bear it any more and have to haul myself out of bed to escape my own thoughts.
reprieve 2008
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When I’m feeling stressed and highly strung I wake early, my overactive brain skittering uncontrollably from worry to worry until I can’t bear it any more and have to haul myself out of bed to escape my own thoughts.
special k 2008
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The sound of agitated squeaking and a kind of skittering fills the space between the rumbling thunder, and a pack of rats erupts from the largest doorway into the chamber.
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By dead bait is meant bits of pork, fresh beef, or even other fish cut up into tempting morsels for "skittering"; that is, where you cast your line with a sinker, and then haul it in over the water, usually by lifting the pole, walking back, or reeling in; a dead frog or a dead fish is just as good as a live one.
Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort
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One morning while walking near Urumchi’s People’s Park he accidentally stepped on a beggar woman’s collection plate and sent her cache of five-fen coins skittering across the pavement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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One morning while walking near Urumchi’s People’s Park he accidentally stepped on a beggar woman’s collection plate and sent her cache of five-fen coins skittering across the pavement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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One morning while walking near Urumchi’s People’s Park he accidentally stepped on a beggar woman’s collection plate and sent her cache of five-fen coins skittering across the pavement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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One morning while walking near Urumchi’s People’s Park he accidentally stepped on a beggar woman’s collection plate and sent her cache of five-fen coins skittering across the pavement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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One morning while walking near Urumchi’s People’s Park he accidentally stepped on a beggar woman’s collection plate and sent her cache of five-fen coins skittering across the pavement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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