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  • verb Present participle of skit.

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Examples

  • A gloomy set of minutes from the Federal Reserve, warning that US GDP was more likely to come in below forecasts than beat them, also hit stocks.8.31pm: There's a few interesting rumours skitting around tonight following the eurogroup conference call.

    Eurozone crisis live: Greek president attacks Germany as bailout deadline moves to Monday 2012

  • This time -- with thunderstorms canceling an afternoon swim in a rock quarry, and with the boys (ages 6 through 16) having exhausted the entertainment value of basketballs, hockey sticks and a crushed soda can skitting around the floor of the armory's gymnasium -- my suggestion that we finally take them to Friendly's is hailed by all as brilliant.

    Patrick Boyle: Let Them Eat Ice Cream, and Puke 2009

  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was about to get out of my car and then cars were skitting (ph) down the incline above me on the piece that was still connected and they were falling, you know, they were falling, you know coming down the incline.

    CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2007 2007

  • Two nurses ran from one building to another, clutching capes around them and skitting mud up the backs of their stockings.

    Blood Sports Francis, Dick 1967

  • On the way to Bisley yesterday, road conditions were bad and it was p*ssing down a Black Merc sports went skitting by at about 90mph, I thought, w*nker, then about half a mile further on there was the Merc piled into a tree, it had hit some standing water shot over the central reservation, across the oncoming carriageway and into a tree, luckily there were no other cars involved.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • On the way to Bisley yesterday, road conditions were bad and it was p*ssing down a Black Merc sports went skitting by at about 90mph, I thought, w*nker, then about half a mile further on there was the Merc piled into a tree, it had hit some standing water shot over the central reservation, across the oncoming carriageway and into a tree, luckily there were no other cars involved.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • On the way to Bisley yesterday, road conditions were bad and it was p*ssing down a Black Merc sports went skitting by at about 90mph, I thought, w*nker, then about half a mile further on there was the Merc piled into a tree, it had hit some standing water shot over the central reservation, across the oncoming carriageway and into a tree, luckily there were no other cars involved.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • On the way to Bisley yesterday, road conditions were bad and it was p*ssing down a Black Merc sports went skitting by at about 90mph, I thought, w*nker, then about half a mile further on there was the Merc piled into a tree, it had hit some standing water shot over the central reservation, across the oncoming carriageway and into a tree, luckily there were no other cars involved.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • On the way to Bisley yesterday, road conditions were bad and it was p*ssing down a Black Merc sports went skitting by at about 90mph, I thought, w*nker, then about half a mile further on there was the Merc piled into a tree, it had hit some standing water shot over the central reservation, across the oncoming carriageway and into a tree, luckily there were no other cars involved.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • On the way to Bisley yesterday, road conditions were bad and it was p*ssing down a Black Merc sports went skitting by at about 90mph, I thought, w*nker, then about half a mile further on there was the Merc piled into a tree, it had hit some standing water shot over the central reservation, across the oncoming carriageway and into a tree, luckily there were no other cars involved.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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