skit
English
editEtymology
editOrigin 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,[1] which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskit (plural skits)
- A short comic performance.
- A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
- 1882, Leslie Stephen, Swift:
- That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
- (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
- 1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
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Verb
editskit (third-person singular simple present skits, present participle skitting, simple past and past participle skitted)
- (transitive, Ireland, Liverpool, Merseyside) To make fun of.
- (regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper.
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References
edit- ^ “skit, v.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
- ^ “skittish, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
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editskit
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse skítr m, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskit m (definite singular skiten, indefinite plural skitar, definite plural skitane)
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editEtymology 2
editAlternative forms
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editNoun
editskit n (definite singular skitet, uncountable)
Etymology 3
editVerb
editskit
- inflection of skita:
References
edit- “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße and English shit.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskit c
- (vulgar) shit (excrement)
- (colloquial, vulgar) crap, shit (undesirable material)
- Ta bort den där skiten från skrivbordet
- Get that crap off the desk
- (colloquial, vulgar) shit (something or someone undesirable or disagreeable, more generally)
- Jag börjar tröttna på den här skiten
- I'm starting to get tired of this shit
- Du är bara en liten skit
- You're just a little shit
- (colloquial, vulgar) (something) very bad (in adjectival and adverbial usage)
- Synonym: piss
- Filmen var skit
- The movie was shit
- Det här smakar skit
- This tastes like shit
- (in the definite) the shit (as an intensifier)
- banka skiten ur någon
- beat the shit out of someone
- (colloquial, vulgar, in negations) shit (anything)
Usage notes
editNote that you "don't understand a shit" rather than "don't understand shit" in Swedish.
Derived terms
edit- flugskit
- skit på dig
- skit samma
- skit- (intensifier)
- skithus
- skithuspapper
- skithål (“shithole”)
- skitkorv
- snacka skit
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editInterjection
editskit
- (colloquial, vulgar, sometimes followed by också) shit, damnit
- Det kommer regna. Skit också!
- It's gonna rain. Damnit!
- Jävla skit!
- Fucking shit!
Usage notes
editLess vulgar when followed by också, but still colloquial.
Verb
editskit
- imperative of skita
References
edit- skit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Fula Ordboken
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