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skitter

verb

Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water

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Word length
7
Starts with
S
Ends with
R
Contains
KI
Scrabble score
11

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verb

  1. Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water

verb

  1. Cause to skip over a surface

    “Skip a stone across the pond”

verb

  1. Glide easily along a surface

verb

  1. To move about or proceed hurriedly

    “So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground”

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Skip a stone across the pond
So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground

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