skeet

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noun
  1. a form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds.

Origin of skeet

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First recorded in 1925–30; supposedly as the result of a contest to choose a name for the sport (the winner claimed that the word was “a very old form” of shoot1)
  • Also called skeet shooting.

Other definitions for skeet (2 of 3)

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[ skeet ]

nounPoker.
  1. a hand consisting of a nine, five, two, and two other cards of denominations below nine but not of the same denomination, being of special value in certain games.

Origin of skeet

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Origin uncertain

Other definitions for skeet (3 of 3)

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[ skeet ]

verb (used with object)Southern U.S. and British Dialect.
  1. to spit (saliva or a mouthful of other liquid) from the mouth, especially between the teeth.

  2. to splash; spray: Skeet some cold water on your face to cool off.

Origin of skeet

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First recorded in 1875–80; compare Scots skite, scoot in same sense, probably ultimately from Old Norse skýt-, first person present stem of skjóta “to shoot, launch, shove quickly”; see shoot1

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How to use skeet in a sentence

  • Jest skeeted along the side of your head and sort of paralysed ye for a spell.

  • I skeeted down them steps into the Common to let off my corked up risibilities.

    The Humors of Falconbridge | Jonathan F. Kelley

British Dictionary definitions for skeet

skeet

/ (skiːt) /


noun
  1. a form of clay-pigeon shooting in which targets are hurled from two traps at varying speeds and angles: Also called: skeet shooting

Origin of skeet

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C20: changed from Old Norse skeyti a thrown object, from skjōta to shoot

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