"skit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-skit.ogg Forms: skits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt 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. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|non|skjúta|t=to shoot, dart, move quickly}} Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), {{glossary|back-formation}} back-formation, {{sup|2}} ² Head templates: {{en-noun}} skit (plural skits)
  1. A short comic performance. Categories (topical): Comedy Translations (comedy): скеч (skeč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 小品 (xiǎopǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 喜劇小品 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜剧小品 (xǐjù xiǎopǐn) (english: sketch comedy) (Chinese Mandarin), 短劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 短剧 (duǎnjù) (Chinese Mandarin), sketch [masculine] (Dutch), skeĉo (Esperanto), sketsi (Finnish), sketch [masculine] (French), parodie [feminine] (French), saynète [feminine] (French), Darbietung [art, arts] (German), Parodie [feminine] (German), Satire [feminine] (German), Seitenhieb [masculine] (German), Spott [masculine] (German), satirische Einlage [feminine] (German), 寸劇 (sungeki) (alt: すんげき) (Japanese), スケッチ (suketchi) (Japanese), スキット (sukitto) (Japanese), 촌극 (chon'geuk) (Korean), skecz [masculine] (Polish), esquete [feminine] (Portuguese), скетч (sketč) [masculine] (Russian), паро́дия (paródija) [feminine] (Russian), репри́за (repríza) [feminine] (Russian), sketch [masculine] (Spanish), skech [masculine] (Spanish), sketch [common-gender] (Swedish), hiciv (Turkish), parodi (Turkish), skeç (Turkish), şaka (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-skit-en-noun-DWkp51Lm Disambiguation of Comedy: 39 31 3 16 10 Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 11 20 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 11 15 30 32 Disambiguation of 'comedy': 54 40 6
  2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
    Sense id: en-skit-en-noun-yLRbwrxo Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 11 20 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 11 15 30 32
  3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-skit-en-noun-URyPGko1 Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 11 20 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 11 15 30 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blackout skit

Verb

Audio: en-us-skit.ogg Forms: skits [present, singular, third-person], skitting [participle, present], skitted [participle, past], skitted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪt 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. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|non|skjúta|t=to shoot, dart, move quickly}} Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), {{glossary|back-formation}} back-formation, {{sup|2}} ² Head templates: {{en-verb}} skit (third-person singular simple present skits, present participle skitting, simple past and past participle skitted)
  1. (transitive, Ireland, Liverpool, Merseyside) To make fun of. Tags: Ireland, Merseyside, transitive Translations (poke fun): plagen (Dutch), belachelijk maken (Dutch), pilkata (Finnish), verspotten (German), 조롱하다 (joronghada) (Korean), высме́ивать (vysméivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́смеять (výsmejatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), alay etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-skit-en-verb-r642HTKi Categories (other): Irish English, Liverpudlian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 11 6 47 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 14 12 49 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 10 17 33 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 14 13 42 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 12 10 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 11 17 34 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 13 12 42 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 13 10 42 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 12 10 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 14 11 17 34 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 13 22 31 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 11 20 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 11 15 30 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 12 10 47 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 12 10 50 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 10 17 35 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 10 17 35 24 Disambiguation of 'poke fun': 92 8
  2. (regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper. Tags: intransitive, regional
    Sense id: en-skit-en-verb-01wqvrXA Categories (other): Regional English, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 11 20 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 11 15 30 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: skittish

Inflected forms

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