skit

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant of skjóta. Compare flytja (“to move”). Alternately, perhaps a back-formation from skittish, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.

noun

1. A short comic performance.
2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
   That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance. 1882, Leslie Stephen, Swift
3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
   However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman. 1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix

verb

1. (transitive, Ireland, Liverpool, Merseyside) To make fun of.
2. (regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper.