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skite
1[ skahyt ]
noun
- a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- a joke or prank.
- the butt of a joke or prank.
- a person whose opinions are not taken seriously; one held in mild contempt.
skite
2[ skahyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to boast; brag.
skite
1/ skaɪt /
verb
- to boast
noun
- boastful talk
- a person who boasts
skite
2/ skəɪt /
verb
- intr to slide or slip, as on ice
- tr to strike with a sharp or glancing blow
noun
- an instance of sliding or slipping
- a sharp or glancing blow
- on the skiteon the skiteon a skite on a drinking spree
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Example Sentences
"Then none o' your skite, mate," said Bill, knocking out a clay pipe against his heel.
Therefore be assured that to-morrow I will make this vain-glorious Englishman to skite vinegar before all the world.
I knows ye is honest now, an' don't skite when ye doesn't know.
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.
"Yes, the little skite and the ould sukee, the mawther," said Kisseck.
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