Word

skitter, v.
(skittered, skittering, skitters)

twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
<verb.contact>

skitter

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

cause to skip over a surface
<verb.contact>

skim skip skitter

"Skip a stone across the pond"

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

glide easily along a surface
<verb.motion>

skitter

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

to move about or proceed hurriedly
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

scamper scurry scuttle skitter

"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

Somebody ----s PP

Somebody ----s PP

Somebody ----s PP

Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym