Past tense of skitter
regular verb
The past tense of skitter is skittered. The past participle is also skittered.
Forms of skitter
| Base form (V1) | skitter /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | skittered |
| Past participle (V3) | skittered |
| Present participle | skittering |
| Third person singular | skitters |
Skittered in a sentence
- I skittered around a group of slow-moving tourists, cursing Afton for insisting I get up early and wear a skirt today.2016 January 5, Brenda Drake, Thief of Lies, Entangled: Teen, →ISBN. From the entry slobber
Meaning of skitter
- verb To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
- verb To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
- verb To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
Questions about the past tense of skitter
- What is the past tense of skitter?
- The past tense of skitter is skittered.
- What is the past participle of skitter?
- The past participle of skitter is skittered.
- Is skitter a regular or irregular verb?
- Skitter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skitter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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