skit

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

skit (plural skits)

1. A short comic performance.
2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
   • Leslie Stephen

     That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.

3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
   • 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram

     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.

Verb

skit (third-person singular simple present skits, present participle skitting, simple past and past participle skitted)

1. (Ireland, Liverpudlian) to make fun of. (Used in Merseyside)

Anagrams

• Kist, kist, kits

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːt/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skítr. Akin to English shit.

Alternative forms

• skitt

Noun

skit m (definite singular skiten, indefinite plural skitar, definite plural skitane)

1. shit, muck, feces
2. dirt, rubbish (something useless)

Verb

skit

1. present tense of skita
2. imperative of skita

References

• “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz. Compare Danish skide, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, English shit.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɧiːt/

Noun

skit c

1. (strongly colloquial) excrement; shit

   Det är skit på mattan. ― There's shit on the carpet.

2. (strongly colloquial) dirt, filth

   Ta bort den där skiten från skrivbordet. "Get that crap off the desk."

3. (strongly colloquial) someone or something undesirable or revolting

   Jag börjar tröttna på den här skiten. "I'm getting tired of this shit."

   Du är bara en liten skit. "You're just a little shit."

4. (strongly colloquial) as the first part of compound used to indicate something negative

   Det här är ett jävla skitjobb. "This is a damned crappy job."

5. (strongly colloquial) as the first part of compound used to intensify the positive or negative aspect of something

   Den där filmen var skitbra. "That movie was really good."

   De lagar skitgod mat. "They cook really good food."

Interjection

skit

1. (strongly colloquial) shit!

Verb

skit

1. imperative of skita.