skite

¹ American  

[skahyt] / skaɪt /

Or skyte

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.

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skite ² American  

[skahyt] / skaɪt /

verb (used without object)

Australian.

skited, skiting

1. to boast; brag.

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skite ¹ British  

/ skəɪt /

verb

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

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

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noun

1. an instance of sliding or slipping

2. a sharp or glancing blow

3. on a drinking spree

skite ² British  

/ skaɪt /

verb

1. to boast

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noun

1. boastful talk

2. a person who boasts

Etymology

Origin of skite¹

1775–85; perhaps < Scandinavian; cf. skeet ³

Origin of skite²

Origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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skite skited skiting

And all were sore pressed wanting to pass urine or to skite; so whenever a man entered the place in a hurry he would draw the door to.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"To eat skite" is to talk or act foolishly.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

I know the little skite like a top, Judge–and there’s one thing about her: She’s a loyal little body.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

Therefore be assured that to-morrow I will make this vain-glorious Englishman to skite vinegar before all the world.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

So he looked at Kaylajan and Kurajan and skited in his bag-trousers.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"Come, Philip, me strong protector," he called, "let's be skiting."

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill

I saw you in town this morning, skiting about, from pillar to post, and says I to myself, 'There's uneasiness under that fine bonnet!'

From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry

Eh, lad, but you’ve been walking widdershins: You’d best turn deazil, crook your thumbs, my callant, And gather cowgrass, if you’d break the spell, And send the old witch skiting on her broomstick.

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson