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skit |
3 definitions found 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[=o]ta to shoot, sk[=u]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 ``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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skit n : a short theatrical episode
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