Definition of "skitter" []

• 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. (verb-intransitive)
• To fish by drawing a lure or baited hook over the surface of the water with a skipping movement. (verb-intransitive)
• To cause to skitter. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Mid-album, the thin skitter of "Boiling Water" unfurls into a seriously nagging tune that will sound sweet in H&M."
• " The smile on her face freezes as coins skitter and bounce across the counter, to the floor at her feet, and she looks up, confused."
• "The smile on her face freezes as coins skitter and bounce across the counter, to the floor at her feet, and she looks up, confused."