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# skittish

adjective (skittish, more skittish, most skittish)

«skittish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Easily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at any noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittish/#m1)
2. Of a horse, lively and likely to shy or bolt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittish/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the lessons small animals such as rabbits who huddle together and feel uneasy when a fox or wolf is near

### Examples

- The skittish pony jumped at the sound of the bell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittish/#x1)
- The rabbits were skittish and ran at every noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittish/#x2)
- Don't be skittish; the dog will not bite you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittish/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «skittish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«skittish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/skittish.html) on Mova free.