skit
noun/skɪt/
/skɪt/
- skit (on something) a short piece of humorous writing or a performance that makes fun of somebody/something by copying them
- a skit on daytime TV programmes
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘satirical comment or attack’): related to the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’, perhaps from Old Norse (compare with skjóta ‘shoot’).Definitions on the go
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