skit
/skˈɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A short comic performance done by amateurs.
Example Sentences
- "That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance."
- "However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman."
- "... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter."
- "Suddenly there came a little volley of sharp drops - not of the liquid he desired - dashed into the trumpeter's red face , and against the back of the parson's hat - the first skit of rain, that seemed rather to rise as if from a blow-pipe, than fall from the clouds."
- "Diana did not obey him, but stood in the rain. 'I don't care for a skit of rain.' 'Get in, quick.' When she did not move he sprang up, and catching her up in his arms, set her down in the hollow."
- "The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: skjúta