English Dictionary: Skit | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Skit | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skit \Skit\, v. t. [Prov. E. skitto slide, as adj., hasty, precipitate, of Scand. origin, and akin to E. shoot, v.t.; cf. Icel. skyti, skytja, skytta, a marksman, shooter, skj[omac]ta to shoot, sk[umac]ta a taunt. [root]159. See {Shoot}.] To cast reflections on; to asperse. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Crose. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skit \Skit\, n. 1. A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib. --Tooke. A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers is given in his [bd]Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Human Mind;[b8] but that is a mere skit compared with this strange performance. --Leslie Stephen. 2. A wanton girl; a light wench. [Obs.] |