skeet

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
2. (countable) A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.
3. (slang, uncountable) The ejaculation of semen.
4. (Newfoundland, countable, slang) A young working-class person who may be loud, disruptive and poorly educated.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To shoot or spray.
2. (slang) To ejaculate.

Verb

To wet the sails or deck of a vessel.

Verb

to spy through the front windows of somebody else's house

Verb

To create a skeet.

Synonyms

skeet shooting

trapshooting

news

📰

newscast

trap

🪤

Translations

السكيت - رياضة رماية الأطباق

أخبار

أنباء

telediari

tir al plat

Skeet

actualités

nieuwigheid

nieuws

📰

telenotícies

notícias

tiro ao prato

noticia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skiːt/

Etymology

Cognate with Scots: skite

Cognate with Icelandic: skeið

Cognate with Manx: skeetagh

In summary

Pseudo-archaic alteration of shoot, perhaps with reference to Old Norse skjóta; compare Scots skite (“to dart, to shoot”). The name for a form of trapshooting is attested from the 1920s, see quotations below. Senses related to ejaculation of semen likely derive from this, but compare also squirt, skite, or scoot. The word skeet is attested in reference to working class persons in US English from the 19th century, or the Newfoundland and Labrador regionalism may derive from other terms such as skite or skeeter; see quotation below.

Sentences

He is survived by his widow , Lady Skeet , who resides in Milton Ernest , Bedfordshire .