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snit
English
Etymology
Also perhaps from the German “schnitt” which is a portion of beer that is smaller than a glass.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sn?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
snit (plural snits)
- A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood.
- He's in a snit because he got passed over for promotion.
- 2013, Florida Ann Town, On the Rim (page 84)
- She was confused. Now that he had worked himself into a snit he'd be angry if she unmade the bed and did what he wanted.
- A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
- (US, dialect) A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.
- The bartender served us each a snit with our Bloody Marys this morning.
See also
- snitty
- snit fit
Anagrams
- Inst., NIST, NTIS, TINs, Tsin, inst, inst., ints, isn't, nits, tins
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Old High German snita, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz (“cut, slice, piece”).
Noun
snit f
- (Luserna) cut, slice, piece
References
- “snit” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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skit
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
skit (plural skits)
- A short comic performance.
- A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
- 1882, Template:e, Swift
- That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
- 1882, Template:e, Swift
- (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- 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: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
Translations
Verb
skit (third-person singular simple present skits, present participle skitting, simple past and past participle skitted)
- (transitive, Ireland, Liverpudlian, Merseyside) To make fun of.
- (regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper.
Related terms
- skittish
Translations
Anagrams
- Kist, kist, kits, tisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?t/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *sk?taz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.
Alternative forms
- skitt
Noun
skit m (definite singular skiten, indefinite plural skitar, definite plural skitane)
- shit, muck, feces
- dirt, rubbish (something useless)
Synonyms
- drit
Etymology 2
Verb
skit
- inflection of skita:
- present
- imperative
References
- “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *sk?taz, *skitiz. Cognate with Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße and English shit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?t/
Noun
skit c (colloquial, mildly vulgar)
- excrement, shit
- dirt, filth
- someone or something undesirable or revolting
Interjection
skit
- (colloquial, vulgar) shit!
Verb
skit
- imperative of skita.
Anagrams
- sikt, tiks
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