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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024skeet1 /skit/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Sporta form of practice shooting in which targets are hurled at varying heights and speeds so as to be similar to the angles of flight of game birds. Also called ˈskeet ˌshoot•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024skeet1 (skēt),USA pronunciation n. - Sporta form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds. Also called skeet′ shoot′ing.
- adopted in 1926 as the result of a contest to choose a name for the sport (the winner claimed that the word was "a very old form'' of shoot1)
- Gamesa hand consisting of a nine, five, two, and two other cards of denominations below nine but not of the same denomination, being of special value in certain games. Also called kilter, pelter.
- origin, originally uncertain
- Dialect Terms, British Termsto spit (saliva or a mouthful of other liquid) from the mouth, esp. between the teeth.
- Dialect Terms, British Termsto splash;
spray:Skeet some cold water on your face to cool off.
- Old Norse skýt-, stem of skjóta to shoot, propel dart (see shoot1)
- compare Scots skite, scoot in same sense, probably ultimately 1875–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: skeet /skiːt/ n - a form of clay-pigeon shooting in which targets are hurled from two traps at varying speeds and angles
Etymology: 20th Century: changed from Old Norse skeyti a thrown object, from skjōta to shoot |