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Prank, in Scotland
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skite
Word definitions for skite in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"contemptible person," 1790, Scottish and Northern, earlier "sudden stroke or blow" (1785), perhaps from Old Norse skyt- , from skjota "to shoot" (see shoot (v.)). Compare Old Norse skita "to shit," which might have had some influence.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow. 2 A contemptible person. 3 (context Irish English) A drinking binge. 4 (context Australia Ireland New Zealand English) One who '''skites''', a boaster. vb. 1 (context Australia Ireland ...
Usage examples of skite.
But then, I suspected Carlyle of being a skite with a lot of fictitious adventures he liked to trot out to impress the women.
I got down on my knees like he used to when he rolled home after a skite with his clenched fist up and one eye closed may the curse of Christ light on you this night you bitch the day I took you out of that hole of a shop in Derry was a bitter one for me.
He gave her a presumably affectionate skite on the Mount of the Moon and began shoveling eggs and bacon on his plate.
He remembered the sharp, human screech that had once skited across rushing water and possibly the vision would have emerged as a whole had not a noise from behind caused him to turn.
Danny Fisher came skiting in, shied off from the man at the gate, and darted, distracted, along the palisade wall, looking for his horse, Wesson could guess, among the nighthorses that maintained an uneasy vigil at the den near the gate.
He could see his master skiting up to that Manor and tearing It apart.
Danny Fisher came skiting in, shied off from the man at the gate, and darted, distracted, along the palisade wall, looking for his horse, Wesson could guess, among the nighthorses that maintained an uneasy vigil at the den near the gate.
The Johnnies weren't certain which way I'd skited, and were confused anyhow by this sudden unexplained emergency.