noun

skeet

noun

A shooting sport in which clay discs are launched into the air as moving targets.

"He spends most weekends at the skeet range."

Informal: a short post on the Bluesky social media platform.

"She posted a skeet about the new album drop."

How to Use Skeet

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In plain EnglishMainly known as clay-pigeon shooting; more recently also slang for a Bluesky post.

Common pairings

shoot skeet skeet shooting post a skeet

Word Forms

skeeted past tense, skeeted past tense, skeeted past tense, skeeted past tense, skeets plural, skeets plural, skeets plural, skeets singular, skeets singular, skeets singular, skeets singular

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Etymology

Probably an altered form of "shoot," coined in the 1920s for the clay-target sport.

Synonyms

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