skite

¹

or skyte

[ skahyt ]

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.

skite

²

[ skahyt ]

verb (used without object)

, Australian.

, skit·ed, skit·ing.

1. to boast; brag.

skite

¹

/ skəɪt /

verb

1. intr to slide or slip, as on ice
2. tr to strike with a sharp or glancing blow

noun

1. an instance of sliding or slipping
2. a sharp or glancing blow
3. on the skite or on a skite
   on a drinking spree

skite

²

/ skaɪt /

verb

1. to boast

noun

1. boastful talk
2. a person who boasts

Word History and Origins

Origin of skite¹

1775–85; perhaps < Scandinavian; skeet ³

Origin of skite²

Origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of skite¹

C18: of uncertain origin

Origin of skite²

C19: from Scottish and northern English dialect; see skate ³

Example Sentences

I killed a man at Graspan; I told the camp that night; An' of all the lies that ever I told That was the poorest skite.

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"Perhaps you think I'm off on the skite again, but I'm not."

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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.

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So they hunted and they hal-looed; And the next thing they did sight, Was a great big bull-dog chasing them, And a farmer hollering "Skite!"

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Here is the nest, in under a bit of weedy bank, and yonder is the bird himself—the yellow-hammer, skite, or yellow bunting—looking as gay as a hornet, for well he knows that I will not disturb his treasures.

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