Meaning

5 senses

  1. A short comic performance done by amateurs.

    Darbietung, Parodie, Satire

    скетчsketč, паро́дияparódija, репри́заrepríza

  2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.

  3. A short, sharp shower (of rain).

    a short theatrical episode

  4. Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.

  5. (obsolete)A wanton girl; a wench.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Mary was wearing a tight-fitting skit.

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  2. The skit was hilarious.

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  3. This skit is very funny.

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  4. The show alternates between skits and songs.

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  5. The skit was presented by fifth grade students.

    deDer Sketch wurde von Schülern der fünften Klasse aufgeführt.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
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comedy:
Deutsch
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Origin

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant

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.

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Forms

plural: skits
Singularskit
Pluralskits

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedblackout skit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skirmishskirtA1skittishskittleskive
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