noun · countable / uncountable · rare

skeet

skeet · skeets

стрельба по тарелочкам

Skeet

A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flightA form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.

/skiːt/

» Tom went skeet shooting.

Meaning

8 senses

(uncountable)A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
Skeet
стрельба́ по таре́лочкамstrelʹbá po taréločkam
the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
(countable)A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.
(slang, uncountable)The ejaculation of semen.
Abspritzen
(Newfoundland, countable, slang)A young working-class person who may be loud, disruptive and poorly educated.
A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
(uncountable)News or gossip
(Internet)A post on the Bluesky social media platform.
(obsolete)A long-handled shovel or scoop.

Examples

1 sentences

Tom went skeet shooting.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

form of trapshooting:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

form of trapshooting:

ejaculation of semen:

Origin

Pseudo-archaic alteration of shoot, perhaps with reference to Old Norse skjóta; compare Sc

Pseudo-archaic alteration of shoot, perhaps with reference to Old Norse skjóta; compare Scots skite (“to dart, to shoot”). The name for a form of trapshooting is attested from the 1920s, see quotations below. Senses related to ejaculation of semen likely derive from this, but compare also squirt, skite, or scoot. The word skeet is attested in reference to working class persons in US English from the 19th century, or the Newfoundland and Labrador regionalism may derive from other terms such as skite or skeeter; see quotation below.

Unknown. Compare Icelandic skeið (“spoon”), from Old Norse skeið (“a sheath”). Attested from the 15th century; see quotation below.

Uncertain. Compare Manx skeetagh (“nosy”, adverb). Compare also English peek (“to look slyly; a quick glance”, verb or noun) or skit (“to caper; to be skittish”, verb).

Blend of sky + tweet, from the resemblance to tweets posted on Twitter. Strongly discouraged by CEO Jay Graber.

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