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Skeeter

name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A popular nickname for individuals with various different first names. Southern-US
Noun
  1. 1
    A mosquito. US, informal

    "One day brought the rain and the rain stayed on And the swamp water overflowed. Skeeters and the fever grabbed the town like a fist Doctor Jackson was the first to go."

Verb
  1. 1
    To skitter.

    "The tire bumped on gravel, skeetered across the road, crashed into a barrier and popped me like a cork onto pavement."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of a variant pronunciation of mosquito. Compare tater, mater.

Etymology 2

From skeeter (mosquito).

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