skite

¹

Or skyte

[skahyt]

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.

2. a joke or prank.

3. the butt of a joke or prank.

4. a person whose opinions are not taken seriously; one held in mild contempt.

skite

²

[skahyt]

verb (used without object)

Australian.

skited, skiting 

1. to boast; brag.

skite

¹

/ skəɪt /

verb

1. (intr) to slide or slip, as on ice

2. (tr) to strike with a sharp or glancing blow

noun

1. an instance of sliding or slipping

2. a sharp or glancing blow

3. on a drinking spree

skite

²

/ skaɪt /

verb

1. to boast

noun

1. boastful talk

2. a person who boasts

Word History and Origins

Origin of skite¹

1775–85; perhaps < Scandinavian; skeet ³

Origin of skite²

Origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of skite¹

C18: of uncertain origin

Origin of skite²

C19: from Scottish and northern English dialect; see _skate ³

Example Sentences

I killed a man at Graspan; I told the camp that night; An' of all the lies that ever I told That was the poorest skite.

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"Perhaps you think I'm off on the skite again, but I'm not."

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His "skite" had cost him a good deal of money, and he intended to make good some of the loss by economising on his marriage.

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So they hunted and they hal-looed; And the next thing they did sight, Was a great big bull-dog chasing them, And a farmer hollering "Skite!"

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Here is the nest, in under a bit of weedy bank, and yonder is the bird himself—the yellow-hammer, skite, or yellow bunting—looking as gay as a hornet, for well he knows that I will not disturb his treasures.

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