skitter

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.

1. To move rapidly along a surface, usually with frequent light contacts or changes of direction; skip or glide quickly: lizards that skitter away when approached.
2. To fish by drawing a lure or baited hook over the surface of the water with a skipping movement.

v.tr.
To cause to skitter.

[Probably frequentative of dialectal skite, to run rapidly, perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse skjōta, to shoot. See shoot.]

verb

To bound lightly: hop, skip, spring, trip. See move/halt.

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: to move about or proceed hurriedly
  Synonyms: scurry, scamper, scuttle

Meaning #2: glide easily along a surface

Meaning #3: cause to skip over a surface
  Synonyms: skim, skip

Meaning #4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - glide, smutte
v. tr. - slå smut

Nederlands (Dutch)
rennen, spatten

Français (French)
v. intr. - trottiner, s'agiter, voltiger au ras du sol/de l'eau
v. tr. - faire voltiger au ras du sol/de l'eau

Deutsch (German)
v. - dahinjagen, zuckend unter der Wasseroberfläche gleiten lassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γλιστρώ αναπηδώντας (σε νερό), κάνω ψαράκια, εποστρακίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
correre, sorvolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deslocar-se roçando a água com a asa

Русский (Russian)
легко и быстро нестись, едва касаясь поверхности, подергивать рыболовный крючок

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - ir rozando el agua (un ave marina) al posarse o levantar el vuelo, hacer deslizar el anzuelo sobre el agua (el pescador de caña)
v. tr. - pasar rozando el agua

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stryka fram, glida fram, fara fram, kila, skutta, låta glida

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
掠过水面, 沿水面拉动鱼钩钓鱼, 使掠过水面

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 掠過水面, 沿水面拉動魚鉤釣魚
v. tr. - 使掠過水面

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 경쾌하게 나아가다, (물새 등이) 수면을 스쳐 날다
v. tr. - ~을 경쾌하게 달리게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - す早く動く, 水面すれすれに飛ぶ, 水面すれすれに引く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسحب شص صنارة, ينزلق أو يعدو برشاقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רץ, רפרף, ריחף‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם לגלוש או לרחף‬

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