skit noun 5verb 2forms 3 noun5 •A short comic performance done by amateurs. •A jeer or sally; a brief satire.That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance. — 1882 •A short, sharp shower (of rain).... there come on a 'skit' of rain, and I made for one of his barns for shelter. — 1880 •Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.The Cause and Nature of the Skit, or Scour, of Sheep and Lambs. — 1749 •(no longer used) A wanton girl; a wench. verb2 •(Ireland) To make fun of. •To caper; to skip or run lightly and quickly.Yet soon's she hears me mention Muirland Willie, / She skits an' flings like ony towmont filly- […] — 1873 formsskitted · skitting · skits