skite

¹ American  

[skahyt] / skaɪt /

Or skyte

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.

2. a joke or prank.

3. the butt of a joke or prank.

4. a person whose opinions are not taken seriously; one held in mild contempt.

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skite ² American  

[skahyt] / skaɪt /

verb (used without object)

Australian.

skited, skiting

1. to boast; brag.

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skite ¹ British  

/ skəɪt /

verb

1. (intr) to slide or slip, as on ice

2. (tr) to strike with a sharp or glancing blow

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noun

1. an instance of sliding or slipping

2. a sharp or glancing blow

3. on a drinking spree

skite ² British  

/ skaɪt /

verb

1. to boast

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noun

1. boastful talk

2. a person who boasts

Etymology

Origin of skite¹

1775–85; perhaps < Scandinavian; cf. skeet ³

Origin of skite²

Origin uncertain

Example Sentences

What's the Greek for tobaccy?" they continued—"or for Larry O'Toole? or for bletherum skite?

From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Therefore be assured that to-morrow I will make this vain-glorious Englishman to skite vinegar before all the world.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

To go to sea with his feet fast in such a little skite of a craft as that!

From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

"To eat skite" is to talk or act foolishly.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

His "skite" had cost him a good deal of money, and he intended to make good some of the loss by economising on his marriage.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]