2. Verb. (Northern Ireland) To skim or slide along a surface. ¹
3. Verb. (Scotland slang) To drink lots of alcohol; to slip on something, such as ice ¹
4. Verb. (archaic) To shit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skite
1. to move away quickly [v SKITED, SKITING, SKITES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skite
Literary usage of Skite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"skite, a kite. See SKYET. skite, a forcible slap. " Aa gav him a skite o' the lug."
skite, to throw or to shoot with a jerk, as in throwing a flat stone ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"A trick ; as, " He's played me an ill skite" Buchan. ... skite, *. The act of
slipping or sliding in walking, so as to expose to the danger of a fall, Loth. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To skite, SKYTE, ra 1. To eject any liquid forcibly ; properly, liquidum excre-
mentum ... To skite, SKYT, rn 1. To glide swiftly, to skate, to shoot, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"skite, a kite. See SKYET. skite, a forcible slap. " Aa gav him a shite o' the lug."
skite, to throw or ..."
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