[skɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody
(e.g: a skit on daytime magazine programmes)


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Origin:
early 18th century (in the sense ‘satirical comment or attack’): related to the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’, perhaps from Old Norse (compare with skjóta ‘shoot’)