noun
Meaning 1
A short comic performance done by amateurs.
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Standard Lemma guide
skit
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
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noun
Meaning 3
A wanton girl; a wench.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A short, sharp shower (of rain).
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noun
Meaning 5
Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.
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verb
Meaning 6
To make fun of.
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Usage: Ireland, Merseyside, transitive
Qualifier: Liverpool
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verb
Meaning 7
To caper; to skip or run lightly and quickly.
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Usage: intransitive, regional
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noun
Meaning 8
a short theatrical episode
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: acting, playing, playacting, performing
History
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant of skjóta. Compare flytja (“to move”). Alternately, perhaps a back-formation from skittish, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: скеч (skeč) — comedy
- Chinese Mandarin: 小品 (xiǎopǐn) — comedy
- Chinese Mandarin: 喜劇小品 /喜剧小品 (xǐjù xiǎopǐn) — comedy
- Chinese Mandarin: 短劇 /短剧 (duǎnjù) — comedy
- Czech: satirický skeč — comedy
- Czech: parodie — comedy
- Dutch: sketch — comedy
- Esperanto: skeĉo — comedy
- Finnish: sketsi — comedy
- French: sketch — comedy
- French: parodie — comedy
- French: saynète — comedy
- German: Darbietung — comedy
- German: Parodie — comedy
- German: Satire — comedy
- German: Seitenhieb — comedy
- German: Spott — comedy
- German: satirische Einlage — comedy
- Hebrew: מערכון (ma'arkhón) — comedy
- Japanese: 寸劇 (sungeki) — comedy
- Japanese: スケッチ (suketchi) — comedy
- Japanese: スキット (sukitto) — comedy
- Korean: 촌극 (chon'geuk) — comedy
- Polish: skecz — comedy
- Portuguese: esquete — comedy
- Russian: скетч (sketč) — comedy
- Russian: паро́дия (paródija) — comedy
- Russian: репри́за (repríza) — comedy
- Spanish: sainete — comedy
- Swedish: sketch — comedy
- Turkish: hiciv — comedy
- Turkish: parodi — comedy
- Turkish: skeç — comedy
- Turkish: şaka — comedy
- Dutch: plagen — poke fun
- Dutch: belachelijk maken — poke fun
- Finnish: pilkata — poke fun
- German: verspotten — poke fun
- Korean: 조롱하다 (joronghada) — poke fun
- Russian: высме́ивать (vysméivatʹ) — poke fun
- Russian: вы́смеять (výsmejatʹ) — poke fun
- Turkish: alay etmek — poke fun