skeet
1a form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds.
Origin of skeet
1- Also called skeet shooting.
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Other definitions for skeet (2 of 3)
a hand consisting of a nine, five, two, and two other cards of denominations below nine but not of the same denomination, being of special value in certain games.
Origin of skeet
2Other definitions for skeet (3 of 3)
to spit (saliva or a mouthful of other liquid) from the mouth, especially between the teeth.
to splash; spray: Skeet some cold water on your face to cool off.
Origin of skeet
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How to use skeet in a sentence
skeet shooting involves two target-launching devices, one slightly above the ground, and a second ten feet off the ground.
Alison Lundergan Grimes’s New TV Ad Is One Big Gun Gaffe | Tim Mak | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShooting skeet, shooting trap or shooting clays are all the same where we come from.
Alison Lundergan Grimes’s New TV Ad Is One Big Gun Gaffe | Tim Mak | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the same initial impulse to buy into the lie as we saw in “skeet-Gate” was apparent.
Republican Conspiracy Nuts on Obama’s Skeet-Shooting Picture | John Avlon | February 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe replied, “Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time.”
Republican Conspiracy Nuts on Obama’s Skeet-Shooting Picture | John Avlon | February 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom birthers to ‘Benghazi flu,’ right-wingers who see cover-ups around every corner have found a new obsession in ‘skeet-Gate.’
Republican Conspiracy Nuts on Obama’s Skeet-Shooting Picture | John Avlon | February 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
“I figure that a skeet girl belongs as much to us as to you,” snapped the doughty little man from Castonia.
King Spruce, A Novel | Holman Day“It seems to have a damaging and cavascacious effect on the giant intellect of Perfessor skeet,” remarked the boss, with irony.
King Spruce, A Novel | Holman DayA sense of calamity told him that there was trouble deeper than the disappearance of the waif of the skeet tribe.
King Spruce, A Novel | Holman Day"I reckon I could make him skeet, if I wanted to," I remarked, embarrassed rather than malevolent.
The Romance of a Plain Man | Ellen GlasgowWe just get a running start and jump on the ice and skeet as far as we could go, and then run some more.
Slave Narratives, Oklahoma | Various
British Dictionary definitions for skeet
/ (skiːt) /
a form of clay-pigeon shooting in which targets are hurled from two traps at varying speeds and angles: Also called: skeet shooting
Origin of skeet
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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