skit
English edit
Etymology edit
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,[1] which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.[2]
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Noun edit
skit (plural skits)
- A short comic performance.
- A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
- 1882, Leslie Stephen, Swift:
- That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
- (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 edit
skit (third-person singular simple present skits, present participle skitting, simple past and past participle skitted)
- (transitive, Ireland, Liverpool, Merseyside) To make fun of.
- (regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper.
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References edit
- ^ “skit, v.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
- ^ “skittish, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
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skit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse skítr m, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.
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Noun edit
skit m (definite singular skiten, indefinite plural skitar, definite plural skitane)
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Noun edit
skit n (definite singular skitet, uncountable)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
skit
- inflection of skita:
References edit
- “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße and English shit.
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skit c (colloquial, mildly vulgar)
- (vulgar) shit (excrement)
- (colloquial, vulgar) crap, shit (undesirable material)
- Ta bort den där skiten från skrivbordet
- Get that crap off the desk
- (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
- (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
- (in the definite) the shit (as an intensifier)
- banka skiten ur någon
- beat the shit out of someone
- (colloquial, vulgar, in negations) shit (anything)
Usage notes edit
Note that you "don't understand a shit" rather than "don't understand shit" in Swedish.
Derived terms edit
- skit på dig
- skit samma
- skit- (intensifier)
- skithus
- skithuspapper
- skithål (“shithole”)
- skitkorv
- snacka skit
Interjection edit
skit
- (colloquial, vulgar, sometimes followed by också) shit, damnit
- Det kommer regna. Skit också!
- It's gonna rain. Damnit!
- Jävla skit!
- Fucking shit!
Usage notes edit
Less vulgar when followed by också, but still colloquial.
Verb edit
skit
- imperative of skita
References edit
- skit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)