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skeet

1  [skeet]
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–noun
a 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.
Also called skeet shooting.

Origin:
adopted in 1926 as the result of a contest to choose a name for the sport (the winner claimed that the word was “a very old form” of shoot 1 )

skeet

2  [skeet]
–noun Poker.
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.
Also called kilter, pelter.

Origin:
orig. uncert.

skeet

3  [skeet]
–verb (used with object) Southern U.S. and British Dialect.
1. to spit (saliva or a mouthful of other liquid) from the mouth, esp. between the teeth.
2. to splash; spray: Skeet some cold water on your face to cool off.
Origin:
1875–80; cf. Scots skite, scoot in same sense, prob. ult. < ON skýt-, s. of skjóta to shoot, propel dart (see shoot 1 )
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skeet   (skēt)   
n.  A form of trapshooting in which clay targets are thrown from traps to simulate birds in flight and are shot at from different stations.

[Alteration of shoot.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
skeet

  1. n.
    a blob of nasal mucus. (Collegiate. See also skeet-shooting.) : God, Fred, there's a gross skeet hanging outa your nose!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

skeet 
form of trapshooting, 1926, a name chosen as "a very old form of our present word 'shoot.' " Perhaps O.N. skotja "to shoot" (see shoot) was intended.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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