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skit
Rhymes with -ɪt
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant of skjóta. Compare flytja (“to move”). Alternately, perhaps a back-formation from skittish, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.
noun skits
- A short comic performance done by amateurs.
- A jeer or sally; a brief satire. That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
- A wanton girl; a wench. However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demi
- A short, sharp shower (of rain). ... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter.
- Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour. The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs.
verb skits · skitting · skitted
- To make fun of. "If they wor all their lives goin' to chapel they cudn't have behaved thimsilves betther nor they did." "Ay, Paddy, mavourneen; I'll be bail they didn't skit and laugh the way some people would be doin'." "Laugh! not thimsilves, indeed."
- To caper; to skip or run lightly and quickly. Yet soon's she hears me mention Muirland Willie, / She skits an' flings like ony towmont filly- […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: joke, prank, kidding, playlet, blackout, sketch, number, bit, monty, shtick, chunk, dramaticule, funny, skittering, squit, snap
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noun comedy
| Español | sainete |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 촌극 chon'geuk |
| 日本語 | 寸劇 sungeki, スケッチ suketchi, スキット sukitto |
| 中文 | 小品 xiǎopǐn, 喜劇小品 /喜剧小品 xǐjù xiǎopǐn, 短劇 /短剧 duǎnjù |
| Português | esquete |
| Français | sketch, parodie, saynète |
| Deutsch | Darbietung, Parodie, Satire, Seitenhieb, Spott, satirische Einlage |
| Русский | скетч sketč, паро́дия paródija, репри́за repríza |
| עברית | מערכון ma'arkhón |
verb poke fun
| 한국어 | 조롱하다 joronghada |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verspotten |
| Русский | высме́ивать vysméivatʹ, вы́смеять výsmejatʹ |
Talk about this word "skit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/skit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. skit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/skit "skit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/skit.Cite this
@misc{skit_2026,
title = {skit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skit},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
