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- - skippet
  - skipping rope
  - skirl
  - skirmish
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  - skirret
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  - skittery
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skitter

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
skitter/ˈskɪtə(r)/

▶verb

1 move lightly and quickly or hurriedly.

2 draw (bait) jerkily across the surface of the water as a technique in fishing.

– origin C19: appar. a frequentative of skite.

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