skit Meaning, Definition & Usage

Skit

Etymology

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, skj&omac;ta to shoot, sk&umac;ta a taunt. See Shoot.

Definitions

1. To cast reflections on; to asperse. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Crose.

Skit noun

Definitions

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.