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In some senses, skit is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
all, based, funny, good, hilarious, mere, tight-fitting
VERB + SKIT
wearing, wrote
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
almost, really
noun
A short comic performance done by amateurs.
A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
A wanton girl; a wench.
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.
A short, sharp shower (of rain).
... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter.
Suddenly there came a little volley of sharp drops - not of the liquid he desired - dashed into the trumpeter's red face , and against the back of the parson's hat - the first skit of rain, that seemed rather to rise as if from a blow-pipe, than fall from the clouds.
Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.
The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs.
[…] quality in the seeds which he cannot account for, that of killing lambs at about ten days old; they die of the skit, or scouring; and it is particularly experienced in new inclosures; […]
verb
To make fun of.
To caper; to skip or run lightly and quickly.
Yet soon's she hears me mention Muirland Willie, / She skits an' flings like ony towmont filly- […]
The big man stood across, as if to hide the cart; but the man behind the horse skitted back into a bush, very nimble and clever, but not quite smart enough.
That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
WiktionaryHowever, 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, t
Wiktionary... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter.
WiktionaryYet soon's she hears me mention Muirland Willie, / She skits an' flings like ony towmont filly- […]
WiktionaryThe big man stood across, as if to hide the cart; but the man behind the horse skitted back into a bush, very nimble and clever, but not quite smart enough.
WiktionaryI could feel her eyes skitting over to me after she said something that might have shocked me - but I stayed quiet.
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In some senses, skit is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.