# skit
## English
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Noun

skit (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.

#### Derived terms

* blackout skit

#### Translations
### Verb

skit (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.

#### Related terms

* skittish

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “skit, v.$^2$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
* ↑ “skittish, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2023.

### Anagrams

* Kist, kist, kits, tisk

## Iban
### Etymology

From English skirt.

### Noun

skit
* skirt

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* skitj (Föhr-Amrum)
* schite (Mooring)

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skītan.

### Pronunciation

* (Sylt) IPA: [skɪt]

### Verb

skit
* (Sylt) to shit, defecate

#### Related terms

* Skit

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse skítr m, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiːt/, /sçiːt/

#### Noun

skit m (definite singular skiten, indefinite plural skitar, definite plural skitane)
* shit, muck, feces
* dirt, rubbish (something useless)

##### Synonyms

* drit

##### Derived terms

* renneskit
* skitrot

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse skit n.

#### Alternative forms

* skitt

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɪːt/, /sçɪːt/

#### Noun

skit n (definite singular skitet, uncountable)
* dirt, filth

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

skit
* inflection of skita:
** present
** imperative

### References

* “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße and English shit.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈɧiːt/

### Noun

skit c
* (vulgar) shit (excrement)
    Synonyms: bajs, avföring, exkrement, fekalier, träck, dret
    Det är skit på mattanThere's shit on the carpet
    Det luktar skit här inneIt smells like shit in here
* (colloquial, vulgar) crap, shit (undesirable material)
    Ta bort den där skiten från skrivbordetGet that crap off the desk
* (colloquial, vulgar) shit (something or someone undesirable or disagreeable, more generally)
    Jag börjar tröttna på den här skitenI'm starting to get tired of this shit
    Du är bara en liten skitYou're just a little shit
* (colloquial, vulgar) (something) very bad (in adjectival and adverbial usage)
    Synonym: piss
    Filmen var skitThe movie was shit
    Det här smakar skitThis tastes like shit
* (in the definite) the shit (as an intensifier)
    banka skiten ur någonbeat the shit out of someone
* (colloquial, vulgar, in negations) shit (anything)
    Synonyms: piss, dugg, dyft, jota, skvatt, smack
    Jag förstår inte ett skitI don't understand shit

#### Usage notes

Note that you "don't understand a shit" rather than "don't understand shit" in Swedish.

#### Derived terms

* flugskit
* skit på dig
* skit samma
* skit- (intensifier)
* skithus
* skithuspapper
* skithål (“shithole”)
* skitkorv
* snacka skit

#### Related terms

* skita

### Interjection

skit
* (colloquial, vulgar, sometimes followed by också) shit, damnit
    Det kommer regna. Skit också!It's gonna rain. Damnit!
    Jävla skit!Fucking shit!

#### Usage notes

Less vulgar when followed by också, but still colloquial.

### Verb

skit
* imperative of skita

### References

* skit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* skit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Fula Ordboken

### Anagrams

* sikt, tiks