skeeter

[ skee-ter ]
/ ˈski tər /

noun Informal.

mosquito.

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Origin of skeeter

1850–55; by aphesis and respelling, with dial. substitution of -er for final -o

Words nearby skeeter

skee-ball, skeech, skeef, skeena, skeet, skeeter, skeeter hawk, skeeve, skeevy, skeezy, skeg
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