skit

Meaning

Noun

1. A short comic performance.
2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.

Verb

1. To make fun of.
2. To leap aside; to caper.

Synonyms

parody

sketch

great number

satire

essay

caricature

travesty

performance

scoffing

sendup

short

show

spec

spoof

taunting

trick

vignette

send up

stage play

short play

burlesque

short comic play

charade

crowd

mockery

multitude

parodies

pasquinade

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, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.