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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