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Skitter (Verb)

Cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

She carefully threw the flat rock to make it skitter across the calm lake.
A gentle breeze can skitter a lightweight object like a piece of paper across a smooth floor.
When the stone hit the water just right, it began to skitter across its surface, creating several ripples.
During a particularly windy storm, loose debris began to skitter across the empty streets.
The children laughed as they watched their coins skitter across the smooth ice at the frozen pond.

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

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The dangling fishhook began to skitter across the surface of the calm lake, enticing a nearby bass to take a bite.
As the late-afternoon sunlight danced across the water, the lure attached to the end of my fishing line started to skitter across the top of the lake.
He expertly cast the line so that the fly would skitter along the surface, potentially catching the attention of a hungry trout.
I reeled in slowly so the small minnow would skitter just beneath the surface, and hopefully attract a larger fish.
The fishhook began to skitter across the surface after hitting a patch of calm water, sending a ripple through the otherwise peaceful scene.

To move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground".

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

The tourists began to skitter nervously as the massive storm clouds rolled in, and their beach plans quickly turned into a frantic dash for shelter.
As the sound of sirens filled the air the people in the neighborhood started to skitter away in a panic, unsure what was happening.
Someone saw a black bear walking through the woods and suddenly everyone around them started to skitter in different directions.
Skaters on the frozen lake scrambled and started to skitter over to the edge as a warning was shouted that the ice near the shore was thinning and in danger of cracking.
People on the train heard rumors that the locomotive's brakes were faulty and began to skitter about anxiously, frantically searching for someone in authority to ask what was going on.

Glide easily along a surface.

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

The puck skittered across the ice as the hockey player slapped it with his stick.
Leaves began to skitter down the sidewalk as the autumn breeze picked up.
She placed her bare feet on the slick rock and started to skitter across the polished surface.
The stone skittered across the pond, making a series of ripples before sinking.
A pebble dropped onto the frozen lake began to skitter towards the edge.