skit

See also skít

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

skit (plural skits)

1. A short comic performance.
2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
   • Leslie Stephen

     That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.

3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.

Translations

comedy

• Dutch: sketch (nl) m
• Finnish: sketsi (fi)
• German: (art) Darbietung (de), Parodie (de) f, Satire (de) f, Seitenhieb (de) m, Spott (de) 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. (Ireland, Liverpudlian) to make fun of. (Used in Merseyside)

Translations

poke fun

• Dutch: plagen (nl), belachelijk maken (nl)
• German: verspotten (de)

• Turkish: alay etmek (tr)

Anagrams

• kist
• kits

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz. Compare Danish skide, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, English shit.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈɧiːt/

Noun

skit c

1. (strongly colloquial) excrement; shit

   Det är skit på mattan. "There's shit on the carpet."

2. (strongly colloquial) dirt, filth

   Ta bort den där skiten från skrivbordet. "Get that crap off the desk."

3. (strongly colloquial) someone or something undesirable or revolting

   Jag börjar tröttna på den här skiten. "I'm getting tired of this shit."

   Du är bara en liten skit. "You're just a little shit."

4. (strongly colloquial) as the first part of compound used to indicate something negative

   Det här är ett jävla skitjobb. "This is a damned crappy job."

5. (strongly colloquial) as the first part of compound used to intensify the positive or negative aspect of something

   Den där filmen var skitbra. "That movie was really good."

   De lagar skitgod mat. "They cook really good food."

Interjection

skit

1. (strongly colloquial) shit!

Verb

skit

1. imperative of skita.