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I always play these rodent type characters - skittish and hyper like a chipmunk. It's a complete act though. I'm a very normal person.
Ethan Embry

Meaning of "skittish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SKITTISH

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse skjōta to shoot.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SKITTISH

skittish  [ˈskɪtɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKITTISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skittish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SKITTISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Skittish

Skittish is a Mike Doughty album recorded with indie rock producer Kramer in one day, July 5, 1996, and mixed on July 6. Frustrated by the acrimonious sessions for Soul Coughing's Irresistible Bliss, and attracted to Kramer's signature minimal, reverby sound, Doughty took a batch of songs—some rejected by, some withheld from Soul Coughing—and crossed the river to bang the disc out at Kramer's studio, Noise New Jersey, a gigantic, shag-carpeted room built as an addition to a house by a would-be Disco musician in the 70s, to which Kramer added huge echo plates running down either side of his garage—the source of his trademark haunting sound. Though Kramer built up some songs in Doughty's absence, with strings and organ, the disc is mostly a stark affair. Doughty's riffs--often using a guitar rhythm Doughty calls the "gangadank"--punctuate emotional lyrics on songs such as "The Only Answer" and "The Pink Life". It was extremely different from Soul Coughing, and confused by the sonic departure, his label, Warner Bros., rejected it. But the album found its own life.

Definition of skittish in the English dictionary

The definition of skittish in the dictionary is playful, lively, or frivolous. Other definition of skittish is difficult to handle or predict.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKITTISH


brightish
ˈbraɪtɪʃ
British
ˈbrɪtɪʃ
Edomitish
ˌiːdəˈmɪtɪʃ
eremitish
ˈɛrɪˌmaɪtɪʃ
latish
ˈleɪtɪʃ
lightish
ˈlaɪtɪʃ
Midianitish
ˈmɪdɪənˌaɪtɪʃ
rightish
ˈraɪtɪʃ
slightish
ˈslaɪtɪʃ
straightish
ˈstreɪtɪʃ
sybaritish
ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪʃ
tightish
ˈtaɪtɪʃ
tittish
ˈtɪtɪʃ
whitish
ˈwaɪtɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKITTISH

skirting
skirting board
skirtings
skirtless
skirtlike
skit
skitch
skite
skitter
skittery
skittishly
skittishness
skittle
skittle alley
skittle out
skittles
skive
skiver
skivie
skivvied

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKITTISH

cattish
clottish
coquettish
fattish
flattish
hottish
Kentish
Lettish
novelettish
pettish
rattish
ruttish
sansculottish
Scottish
sluttish
sottish
soubrettish
the Scottish
uncoquettish
wettish

Synonyms and antonyms of skittish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SKITTISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «skittish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of skittish

Translation of «skittish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKITTISH

Find out the translation of skittish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skittish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skittish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水性杨花
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asustadizos
570 millions of speakers

English

skittish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुस्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مستقر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пугливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arisco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভীতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ombrageux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unruhig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

驚きやすい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수줍어하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skittish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hay thay đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

களியாட்டத்தில் ஈடுபடுகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्केटिंग करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ürkek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ombroso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płochliwe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полохливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sperios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δειλός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dartel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skittish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skittish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skittish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKITTISH»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKITTISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skittish

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QUOTES WITH «SKITTISH»

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Ethan Embry
I always play these rodent type characters - skittish and hyper like a chipmunk. It's a complete act though. I'm a very normal person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKITTISH»

Discover the use of skittish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skittish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Skittish Bride
June M. Woodring. W'OODRING The Skittish Bride The Skittish Bride 050 JUNE M. WOODRING. Front Cover.
June M. Woodring, 2005
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Offense to Others
The key assumption, of course, is that only the excessively "skittish" would bolt at the mere idea of harmless but repugnant unobserved conduct, and their reactions, like that of rare skittish horses, cannot be the ground for interfering with  ...
Tucson Joel Feinberg Professor of Philosophy University of Arizona, 1985
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English Etymology
SKITTISH : we have no fewer than three deriv. of this word; — the first is produced by Casaub. and Upr, who would derive skittish " a Xa»7««» and Xa.!\ tget», de equo proprie dicitur in- domito, vel alias effræni, et sternace j" and Upt. quotes ...
George William Lemon, 1783
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Stress and Emotion: Anxiety, Anger, and Curiosity
They are plagued with the problems of both the clingy and the skittish (they desire what they do not have, but flee from what lies just within their grasp). They are clingy when trying to win another's love, but skittish once they are faced with an ...
Charles Donald Spielberger, Irwin G. Sarason, 1996
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Turbulent Waters: Cross-border Finance and International ...
Creditors can be arrayed along a spectrum according to the degree to which their financial claims represent, at the extremes, sticky capital or skittish capital. The behavior of capital that is relatively sticky is dominated by voice. Skittish capital is  ...
Ralph C. Bryant, 2003
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LIFE
A. springtime. crop. of. skittish. foals. The horse farmer brings in his crop in the spring when his brood mares drop their foals, the rambunctious creatures (right) who in the short span of two years may be paying off at the races. In the carefully  ...
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De natura deorum: Liber 1
... of the Theocritean Cyclops are 'softer than a lamb, more skittish than a calf ( 11.2o-1), and Ovid has adapted them to 'more skittish than a tender kid'; cf. Cat. 17.15 puella tenellulo delicatior haedo; Galatea is called lasciua puella at Virg. Eel.
Ovid, Neil Hopkinson, 2000
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Panhandle Cowboy
... can transform a gentle horse into one that is skittish, and a skittish horse into one that is dangerous. Strange sounds and objects appear out of nowhere. An oil can that has lain in the weeds for months will suddenly come rolling into view.
John R. Erickson, 1999
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A Farewell to Justice
10. A. SKITTISH. WITNESS. I think the only possible maxim to apply in this case is “Let Justice Be Done Though The Heavens Fall.” —Jim Garrison “WRACKED BY EXHAUSTION,” Jim Garrison flew to Las Vegas three days after the arrest of ...
Joan Mellen autofilled, 2005
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Petspeak: You're Closer Than You Think to a Great ...
They're somewhat skittish about size and a little wary about people until they get to know them. It makes sense because we're so much bigger than they are. Even when they know us, our height can be an issue during training or disciplining.
‎2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKITTISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skittish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Simply Put, Consumers Remain Skittish
Simply put, despite broad gains in the labor market, consumers remain skittish seven years past the 2008 financial crisis. The main culprit cited by economists for ... «Fox Business, Jul 15»
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IPOs are 'line ball calls' in skittish market
The market for IPOs is so skittish right now that at lot can change in the space of just a few hours. This was underlined on Wednesday when a very successful ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
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Are investors skittish about the Louisville office market?
At a panel discussion on Wednesday, developers and investors said the office market in Louisville is not necessarily drawing the attention it may want as some ... «Louisville Business First, Jun 15»
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Jeb Bush Starts 2016 Campaign Trying to Calm Skittish Conservatives
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush began his quest to become the third in his family to win the Presidency with a speech aimed at convincing skeptical conservatives ... «TIME, Jun 15»
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Investors Skittish on Twitter's New Story
While Twitter TWTR +1.19% was abuzz over Twitter Inc. interim CEO Jack Dorsey's lengthy beard, the investment community wasn't pleased with what he had to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Dow Theory Has Investors Skittish on Market's Next Leg
Warning signals from a century-old stock-market analysis tool known as Dow Theory are sparking debate about whether stocks are headed for a fall. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Devil in the Reserve Bank's detail for skittish bond traders
The apparent removal of the easing bias in the final line of the RBA's statement unnerved some traders. Louie Douvis. by Jonathan Shapiro. For the last three ... «The Australian Financial Review, May 15»
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Vein Trio: Jazz Talks review – skittish, jumpy set from Swiss modern …
Switzerland's Vein Trio are partnered with US sax virtuoso David Liebman on this animated and skittishly jump-cutting set. When they released Vote for Vein! last ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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'Drip feed your ISA' as skittish investors take profits
Jason Hollands of Tilney Bestinvest, a wealth manager and fund supermarket, said: 'In our view these are clear signs that investors are skittish on equity market ... «Citywire.co.uk, Mar 15»
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'Skittish' investors shun UK equity funds
He added that investors are “skittish on equity market valuations” as the FTSE 100 hit a series of new highs during February and March. However, when ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»

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