skit

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See also: skít and skít-

English

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

skit (plural skits)

  1. A short comic performance.
  2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
    • 1882, Leslie Stephen, Swift:
      That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
  3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
    • 1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:
      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.

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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.
  2. (regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper.

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References

  1. ^ “skit, v.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
  2. ^ “skittish, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.

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Iban

Etymology

From English skirt.

Noun

skit

  1. skirt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skítr m, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

From Old Norse skit n.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪːt/, /sçɪːt/

Noun

skit n (definite singular skitet, uncountable)

  1. dirt, filth

Etymology 3

Verb

skit

  1. inflection of skita:
    1. present
    2. imperative

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße and English shit.

Pronunciation

Noun

skit c (colloquial, mildly vulgar)

  1. (vulgar) shit (excrement)
    Synonyms: bajs, avföring, exkrement, fekalier
    Det är skit på mattan
    There's shit on the carpet
  2. (colloquial, vulgar) crap, shit (undesirable material)
    Ta bort den där skiten från skrivbordet
    Get that crap off the desk
  3. (colloquial, vulgar) shit (something or someone undesirable or disagreeable, more generally)
    Jag börjar tröttna på den här skiten
    I'm starting to get tired of this shit
    Du är bara en liten skit
    You're just a little shit
  4. (colloquial, vulgar) (something) very bad (in adjectival and adverbial usage)
    Synonym: piss
    Filmen var skit
    The movie was shit
    Det här smakar skit
    This tastes like shit
  5. (in the definite) the shit (as an intensifier)
    banka skiten ur någon
    beat the shit out of someone
  6. (colloquial, vulgar, in negations) shit (anything)
    Synonyms: piss, dugg, dyft, jota, skvatt, smack
    Jag förstår inte ett skit
    I don't understand shit

Usage notes

Note that you "don't understand a shit" rather than "don't understand shit" in Swedish.

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Interjection

skit

  1. (colloquial, vulgar, sometimes followed by också) shit, damnit
    Det kommer regna. Skit också!
    It's gonna rain. Damnit!
    Jävla skit!
    Fucking shit!

Usage notes

Less vulgar when followed by också, but still colloquial.

Verb

skit

  1. imperative of skita

References

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