"Skitters" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
To walk or run with a light, quick, irregular step, typically because of some weakness or unsteadiness in the legs.
5 usage examples:
1. Verb: The children's feet skitter across the ice rink as they try to balance on their skates.
2. Verb: The little rabbit's hind legs skitter back and forth as it tries to balance on a tightrope.
3. Verb: The referee's whistle skittered across the field, signaling a foul to the opposing team.
4. Noun: I love watching the birds' skitters that line up outside my window, hoping for scraps from my garage.
5. Verb: The driver's tires skitter on the wet pavement, struggling to maintain traction on the slippery road.
Skirting refers to the finished edge or lower edge of a wall, especially in a room, where a skirting board is installed to cover the space between the wall and the floor. It can also describe something that is done or said to avoid directly mentioning a difficult or embarrassing topic, as in "to skirt around the issue".