skeet
To shoot or sprayTo shoot or spray.
» Tom went skeet shooting.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(ambitransitive)To shoot or spray.
(slang, vulgar)To ejaculate.
abspritzen
(dated)To wet the sails or deck of a vessel.
To spy through the front windows of somebody else's house
(Internet)To create a skeet.
Examples
1 sentencesTom went skeet shooting.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Pseudo-archaic alteration of shoot, perhaps with reference to Old Norse skjóta; compare ScPseudo-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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Forms
skeets, skeeting, skeeted, skeetedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle