Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SKEET
skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
(noun) the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
skeet (countable and uncountable, plural skeets)
(uncountable) A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
(countable, poker) A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.
(uncountable, slang, African-American Vernacular) The ejaculation of semen.
(nautical) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
(countable, Newfoundland, slang) A loud, disruptive and poorly educated person.
Verb
skeet (third-person singular simple present skeets, present participle skeeting, simple past and past participle skeeted)
To shoot or spray (used of fluids).
(African-American Vernacular) To ejaculate.
Synonyms
• squirt
Etymology 2
Noun
skeet (uncountable)
(Manx) news or gossip
Verb
skeet (third-person singular simple present skeets, present participle skeeting, simple past and past participle skeeted)
(Manx) to look through the front windows of somebody else's house
Anagrams
• 'keets, Teske, keets, skete, steek, teeks
Source: Wiktionary
Skeet, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.)
Definition: A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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