Meaning

7 senses

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand)To boast.

  2. (uncommon)To skim or slide along a surface.

  3. (Scotland, especially)To slip, such as on ice.

  4. To move swiftly; to move in leaps and bounds.

  5. To pop, to quickly or briefly make a trip to.

  6. (Scotland, slang)To drink a large amount of alcohol.

  7. (archaic, vulgar)To defecate, to shit.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English skiten, from Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną,

Inherited from Middle English skiten, from Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt. Doublet of shit and shite.

Inherited from Middle English *skiten, from Old Norse skýt-, present singular stem of skjóta (“to shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-. Doublet of shoot.

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Forms

skites, skiting, skited, skited
Base formskite · to skite
3rd person singularskites
Present participleskiting
Past simpleskited
Past participleskited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskite
he, she, itskites

Past simpleLesson

all personsskited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skited
he, she, ithas skited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skite

Word family

2 related words
Derivedskite-the-gutterskitter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skirtA1skitskittishskittleskive
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