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

See Examples For:

skite skited skiting

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

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

Though, say she know it "ain't Old Kriss— He kissed her, so she waked an' saw Him skite out—an' it wuz her Pa."

From The Book of Joyous Children by Will Vawter

"Yes, the little skite and the ould sukee, the mawther," said Kisseck.

From She's All the World to Me by Sir Hall Caine

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

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

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 Peter Anthony Motteux

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 Sir Richard Francis Burton

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 William Henry Venable

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

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

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 Wilfrid Wilson Gibson