noun Scot. and North England.
1.
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
2.
a joke or prank.
3.
the butt of a joke or prank.
4.
a person whose opinions are not taken seriously; one held in mild contempt.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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skite1 (skəɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to slide or slip, as on ice |
| 2. | (tr) to strike with a sharp or glancing blow |
| —n | |
| 3. | an instance of sliding or slipping |
| 4. | a sharp or glancing blow |
| 5. | (Scot), (Irish) on the skite, on a skite on a drinking spree |
| [C18: of uncertain origin] | |
| skite2 (skaɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to boast |
| —n | |
| 2. | boastful talk |
| 3. | a person who boasts |
| [C19: from Scottish and northern English dialect; see | |
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