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Definitions and meaning of skit

skit

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

• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

skit (plural skits)

1. A short comic performance.
2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.

Derived terms

• blackout skit

Translations

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

References

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧiːt/

Noun

skit c

1. (vulgar) shit (excrement)

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

2. (colloquial, vulgar) crap, shit (undesirable material)

3. (colloquial, vulgar) shit (something or someone undesirable or disagreeable, more generally)

4. (colloquial, vulgar) (something) very bad (in adjectival and adverbial usage)

   Synonym: piss

5. (in the definite) the shit (as an intensifier)

6. (colloquial, vulgar, in negations) shit (anything)

   Synonyms: piss, dugg, dyft, jota, skvatt, smack

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

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