scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle -- (to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground")
skitter -- (glide easily along a surface)
skim, skip, skitter -- (cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond")
skitter -- (twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water)