skittery

• Her latest album "Red Letter Year" (Righteous Babe Records) has a dozen skittery tracks in which DiFranco's voice serves less of a narrative role than a rhythmic one. —  NewsObserver.com - Home
• No cruise ships upchucking skittery camera-toting lemmings who bury the local village alive in pushy pursuit of souvenirs -- ever. —  "news" via big sleep in Google Reader
• For all of his reluctance, he fully engaged in his own way, with long pauses and sometimes skittery eyes.
• "Technically, yes, but he may be skittery," Carter replied. —  detnews.com - Metro-State
• Sometimes it's the flat, impassive vocals, like the smile of a scary child's toy, sometimes the slightly too crackly rumble of a guitar, sometimes the skittery, off-beat drumming. —  Song, by Toad

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