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skit definition

skit (skit)

noun

  1. Now Rare a taunt; gibe
  2. a short piece of satirical or humorous writing
  3. a short, comic theatrical sketch

Etymology: < dial., v., to be skittish, taunt, prob. < Scand var. of ON skjōta, shoot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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