skit
English
Etymology
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,[1] which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.[2]
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
skit (plural skits)
- A short comic performance.
- A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
- 1882, Leslie Stephen, Swift:
- That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
- (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
- 1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:
- 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.
Derived terms
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Verb
skit (third-person singular simple present skits, present participle skitting, simple past and past participle skitted)
Related terms
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References
- “skit, v.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
- “skittish, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skítr m, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːt/, /sçiːt/
Synonyms
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɪːt/, /sçɪːt/
References
- “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße and English shit.
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈɧiːt/
Noun
skit c (colloquial, mildly vulgar)
- (vulgar) shit (excrement)
- (colloquial, vulgar) crap, shit (undesirable material)
- Ta bort den där skiten från skrivbordet
- Get that crap off the desk
- (colloquial, vulgar) shit (something or someone undesirable or disagreeable, more generally)
- Jag börjar tröttna på den här skiten
- I'm starting to get tired of this shit
- Du är bara en liten skit
- You're just a little shit
- (colloquial, vulgar) (something) very bad (in adjectival and adverbial usage)
- Synonym: piss
- Filmen var skit
- The movie was shit
- Det här smakar skit
- This tastes like shit
- (in the definite) the shit (as an intensifier)
- banka skiten ur någon
- beat the shit out of someone
- (colloquial, vulgar, in negations) shit (anything)
Usage notes
Note that you "don't understand a shit" rather than "don't understand shit" in Swedish.
Derived terms
- skit på dig
- skit samma
- skit- (intensifier)
- skithus
- skithuspapper
- skithål (“shithole”)
- skitkorv
- snacka skit
Interjection
skit
Usage notes
Less vulgar when followed by också, but still colloquial.