Category:Skit

Skit, v. t. Etym: [prov. E. skitto slide, as adj., hasty, Precipitate, of scand. origin, and akin to e. shoot, v.t.; cf. Icel. Skyti, skytja, skytta, a marksman, shooter, skjota to shoot, skuta a Taunt. sq. root159. See shoot.]

Defn: to cast reflections on; to asperse. [prov. Eng. & scot.] Crose.

Skit Skit, n.

1. A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib. Tooke. A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers is given in his "tritical essay upon the faculties of the human mind;" but that is a Mere skit compared with this strange performance. Leslie stephen.

2. A wanton girl; a light wench. [obs.]