skitter

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To move rapidly along a surface, usually with frequent light contacts or changes of direction; skip or glide quickly.
• intransitive verb To fish by drawing a lure or baited hook over the surface of the water with a skipping movement.
• intransitive verb To cause to skitter.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To skim; pass over lightly.
• In angling, to draw a baited hook or a spoon-hook along the surface of water by means of a rod and line: as, to skitter for pickerel.
• noun The act of skittering, or gliding or skimming over with a light touch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.
• intransitive verb To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb intransitive to move hurriedly or as by twitching or bouncing
• verb intransitive to make a skittering noise
• noun A skittering movement.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb glide easily along a surface
• verb twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
• verb cause to skip over a surface
• verb to move about or proceed hurriedly