skit

See also: skít and skít-

English

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

• Audio (US):

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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.

Derived terms

• blackout skit

Translations

comedy

• Bulgarian: скеч m (skeč)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小品 (zh) (xiǎopǐn), 喜劇小品／喜剧小品 (xǐjù xiǎopǐn) (sketch comedy), 短劇／短剧 (duǎnjù)

• Dutch: sketch (nl) m
• Esperanto: skeĉo
• Finnish: sketsi (fi)
• French: sketch (fr) m, parodie (fr) f, saynète (fr) f
• German: (art) Darbietung (de), Parodie (de) f, Satire (de) f, Seitenhieb (de) m, Spott (de) m, satirische Einlage f
• Japanese: 寸劇 (ja) (すんげき, sungeki), スケッチ (ja) (suketchi), スキット (sukitto)
• Korean: 촌극 (ko) (chon'geuk)
• Polish: skecz (pl) m
• Portuguese: esquete (pt) f
• Russian: скетч (ru) m (sketč), паро́дия (ru) f (paródija), репри́за (ru) f (repríza)
• Spanish: sketch m, skech m
• Swedish: sketch (sv) c
• Turkish: hiciv (tr), parodi (tr), skeç (tr), şaka (tr)

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.

Related terms

• skittish

Translations

poke fun

• Dutch: plagen (nl), belachelijk maken
• Finnish: pilkata (fi)
• German: verspotten (de)
• Korean: 조롱하다 (ko) (joronghada)
• Russian: высме́ивать (ru) impf (vysméivatʹ), вы́смеять (ru) pf (výsmejatʹ)
• Turkish: alay etmek (tr)

Anagrams

• Kist, kist, kits, tisk

Iban

Etymology

From English skirt.

Noun

skit

1. skirt

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• skitj (Föhr-Amrum)
• schite (Mooring)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skītan.

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [skɪt]

Verb

skit

1. (Sylt) to shit, defecate

Conjugation

Conjugation of skit (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	skit
infinitive II	(tö) skiten
past participle	sketen
imperative	skit
	present	past
1st singular	skit	skeet
2nd singular	sketst	skeetst
3rd singular	sket	skeet
plural / dual	skit	skeet
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa sketen	her sketen
2nd singular	heest sketen	herst sketen
3rd singular	heer sketen	her sketen
plural / dual	haa sketen	her sketen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel skit	wel skit
2nd singular	sket skit	wet skit
3rd singular	skel skit	wel skit
plural / dual	skel skit	wel skit

Related terms

• Skit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːt/, /sçiːt/

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

• drit

Derived terms

• renneskit
• skitrot

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skit n.

Alternative forms

• skitt

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

References

• “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɧiːt/

Noun

skit c

1. (vulgar) shit (excrement)

   Synonyms: bajs, avföring, exkrement, fekalier, träck, dret

   Det är skit på mattan

   There's shit on the carpet

   Det luktar skit här inne

   It smells like shit in here

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.

Derived terms

• flugskit
• skit på dig
• skit samma
• skit- (intensifier)
• skithus
• skithuspapper
• skithål (“shithole”)
• skitkorv
• snacka skit

Related terms

• skita

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

• skit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken

Anagrams

• sikt, tiks