Skitter — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to move about or proceed hurriedly

glide easily along a surface

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈɪɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈɪtə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈɪtə/

2 syllables Say it as /skˈɪɾɚ/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

skim scuttle scamper scurry skip

Parts of Speech

verb	to move about or proceed hurriedly “so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground”
verb	glide easily along a surface
verb	cause to skip over a surface “Skip a stone across the pond”
verb	twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water

Word Forms

scurry	noun	rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper	noun	rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

glisser

se déplacer ou avancer précipitamment

🇪🇸Spanish

pasar rozando el agua

moverse o proceder apresuradamente

🇵🇹Portuguese

deslizar

mover-se ou prosseguir apressadamente

🇷🇺Russian

носиться

двигаться или идти поспешно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दौड़ना

इधर-उधर घूमना या जल्दी-जल्दी आगे बढ़ना

🇧🇩Bengali

স্কিটার

to move about or proceed hurryly

🇮🇳Tamil

சறுக்கி

நகர்த்த அல்லது விரைந்து செல்ல

🇮🇳Telugu

స్కిటర్

త్వరత్వరగా కదలడం లేదా కొనసాగడం

🇮🇳Marathi

स्किटर

पुढे जाणे किंवा घाईघाईने पुढे जाणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્કીટર

ઉતાવળમાં આગળ વધવું અથવા આગળ વધવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಕಿಟರ್

ಚಲಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ಆತುರದಿಂದ ಮುಂದುವರಿಯಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്കിറ്റർ

വേഗത്തിൽ നീങ്ങുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മുന്നോട്ട് പോകുക

🇵🇰Urdu

سکٹر

جلدی سے آگے بڑھنا یا آگے بڑھنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

掠夺者

走动或匆忙前进

🇯🇵Japanese

スキッター

動き回る、または急いで進むこと

🇰🇷Korean

잽싸게 달리다

빠르게 이동하거나 진행하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người trượt ván

di chuyển hoặc tiến hành một cách vội vã

🇹🇭Thai

คนเล่นสกี

ย้ายหรือดำเนินการอย่างเร่งรีบ

🇮🇩Indonesian

bergerak dgn cepat

untuk bergerak atau melanjutkan dengan tergesa-gesa

🇲🇾Malay

skit

untuk bergerak atau meneruskan dengan tergesa-gesa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سكيتر

للتحرك أو المضي قدما على عجل

🇮🇷Persian

اسکیت باز

حرکت کردن یا ادامه دادن با عجله

🇹🇷Turkish

Sıçrayan

aceleyle hareket etmek veya ilerlemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

סקיטר

לנוע או להמשיך בחיפזון

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