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Webster 1913 Edition

Skit

Skit

,
Verb.
T.
[Prov. E.
skit
to slide, as adj., hasty, precipitate, of Scand. origin, and akin to E.
shoot
, v.t.; cf. Icel.
skyti
,
skytja
,
skytta
, a marksman, shooter,
skjōta
to shoot,
skūta
a taunt. √159. See
Shoot
.]
To cast reflections on; to asperse.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Crose.

Skit

,
Noun.
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 “Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Human Mind;” but that is a mere
skit
compared with this strange performance.
Leslie Stephen.
2.
A wanton girl; a light wench.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Skit

SKIT

,
Noun.
A wanton girl; a reflection; a jeer or jibe; a whim.

SKIT

,
Verb.
T.
To cast reflections.

Definition 2024

skít

skít

See also: skit and skít-

Icelandic

Noun

skít m

  1. indefinite accusative singular of skítur
  2. indefinite dative singular of skítur

Verb

skít

  1. first-person singular present indicative of skíta
  2. second-person singular imperative of skíta

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