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Skit
Definitions
- 1 A short comic performance done by amateurs.
- 2 a short theatrical episode wordnet
- 3 A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
"That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance."
- 4 A wanton girl; a wench. obsolete
"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, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman."
- 5 A short, sharp shower (of rain).
"... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter."
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- 6 Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.
"The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs."
- 1 To make fun of. Ireland, Merseyside, transitive
- 2 To caper; to skip or run lightly and quickly. intransitive, regional
"Yet soon's she hears me mention Muirland Willie, / She skits an' flings like ony towmont filly- […]"
Etymology
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.
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.
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