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skite.

A contemptible person.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/skaɪt/
  1. A contemptible person.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English skit, from Old Norse *skitr, older form of skítr (“dung, faeces”), from Proto-Germanic *skitiz. Cognate with Old English sċite (“dung”). Doublet of shit and shite.

verb/skaɪt/
  1. To defecate, to shit.

    archaic · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English skiten, from Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt. Doublet of shit and shite.

noun/skaɪt/
  1. A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.

    obsolete
  2. A trick.

  3. A drinking binge.

    Ireland
  4. One who skites; a boaster.

    Australia · Ireland · New-Zealand
  5. A whimsical or leisurely trip.

    Ireland
    We're going on a skite to Dublin.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English *skiten, from Old Norse skýt-, present singular stem of skjóta (“to shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-. Doublet of shoot.

verb/skaɪt/
  1. To boast.

    Australia · Ireland · New-Zealand
  2. To skim or slide along a surface.

    uncommon
  3. To slip, such as on ice.

    Scotland · especially
  4. To move swiftly; to move in leaps and bounds.

  5. To pop, to quickly or briefly make a trip to.

  6. To drink a large amount of alcohol.

    Scotland · slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English *skiten, from Old Norse skýt-, present singular stem of skjóta (“to shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-. Doublet of shoot.

noun/skaɪt/
  1. Alternative spelling of skete.

    alt-of · alternative
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