SKITTERED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

skittered

verb

past tense of skitter

as in scurried

to move quickly and lightly along a surface Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk. Mice skittered across the floor.

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Recent Examples of skittered Iguanas skittered across the dirt; birds and insects filled the air with noise. — Brigid Washington, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026 Ice crystals skittered across the plateau, catching in the curve of the sastrugi before blowing free. — Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026 Gu skittered off the first rail and toppled to her side, dashing her title hopes. — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026 The two tuxedo cats skittered uneasily away from her, afraid of what kind of chaos this toddling creature would bring into their lives. — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Feb. 2026 Smaller critters — hermit crabs, lightning whelks and snails — skittered along the seafloor. — Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026 But Pastrnak had already headed up ice and the puck skittered into no-man’s land. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025 Bats were flipped, benches cleared, Toronto’s manager was ejected and throws skittered around PNC Park. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 Rumors of a Satanic curse on the event skittered around the Haight, so early on the morning of the 14th, Ginsberg, Snyder, and Alan Watts conducted a pradakshina, a Buddhist purification rite. — Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025

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As Hodges scurried about in a panic, Devenanzio kept his game face on and won by a mile.

— Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Vaquer took out Rodriguez and Perez in the process before the trio scurried away.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of scurried

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Late in the second period, freshman Emma Yokoi avoided a flag pull on a short, fourth-and-1 reception and darted 21 yards for a touchdown to push Newport Harbor’s lead to 13-0.

— Dan Albano, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
Agustin Ojeda tapped a pass to Nicolas Fernandez near the right sideline and darted toward the end line on the give-and-go.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of darted

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All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Young people fluttered about, wearing custom white T-shirts emblazoned with the festival’s retro cartoon-style poster art.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

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