What does SKEET mean?

Definitions for SKEET
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. skeet, skeet shooting, trapshootingnoun

    the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird

Wiktionary

  1. skeetnoun

    A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.

  2. skeetnoun

    A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.

  3. skeetnoun

    The ejaculation of sperm.

  4. skeetnoun

    A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel and formerly to wet the sails or deck.

  5. skeetnoun

    News or gossip.

  6. skeetnoun

    A loud, disruptive and poorly educated person.

  7. skeetverb

    To shoot or spray (used of fluids).

  8. skeetverb

    To ejaculate.

  9. Etymology: Altered form of shoot.

ChatGPT

  1. skeet

    Skeet is a competitive shooting sport where participants, using shotguns, attempt to break clay targets mechanically flung into the air from fixed positions at high speed from a variety of angles. It has Olympic recognition. The word can also colloquially refer to ejecting or throwing something at high speed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Skeetnoun

    a scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck

  2. Etymology: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. skeet

    A long scoop used to wet the sides of the ship, to prevent their splitting by the heat of the sun. It is also employed in small vessels for wetting the sails, to render them more efficacious in light breezes; this in large ships is done by the fire engine.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SKEET

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Skeet is ranked #54418 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Skeet surname appeared 379 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Skeet.

    60.4% or 229 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    20.8% or 79 total occurrences were White.
    12.4% or 47 total occurrences were Black.
    4.7% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for SKEET »

  1. steek

  2. skete

  3. keest

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SKEET in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SKEET in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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