skeet
/skiːt/noun, verb
skeet is spelled S-K-E-E-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skeet means “A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skeet is skeets.
How many letters and syllables are in skeet?
| Letters | 5: S-K-E-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is skeet?
Skeet appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skeet?
- /skiːt/
Skeet has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-skeet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with skeet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as skeet.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: steek, skete.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of skeet
- skeets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- skeeting participle, present
- skeeted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skeet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
- 2
A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.
- 3
slangThe ejaculation of semen.
- 4
slangA young working-class person who may be loud, disruptive and poorly educated.
- 5
obsoleteA long-handled shovel or scoop.
- 6
A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
- 7
news or gossip
- 8
A post on the Bluesky social media platform.
verb
- 1
To shoot or spray.
- 2
slangvulgarTo ejaculate.
- 3
to spy through the front windows of somebody else's house
- 4
To create a skeet.
- 5
datedTo wet the sails or deck of a vessel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skeet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ball-trap |
| German | Skeet , Abspritzen , abspritzen |
| Spanish | tiro al plato |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skeet come from?
Pseudo-archaic alteration of shoot, perhaps with reference to Old Norse skjóta; compare Scots skite (“to dart, to shoot”). The name for a form of trapshooting is attested from the 1920s, see quotations below. Senses related to ejaculation of semen likely derive from this, but compare also squirt, skite, or scoot. The word skeet is attested in reference to working class persons in US English from the 19th century, or the Newfoundland and Labrador regionalism may derive from other terms such as skite or skeeter; see quotation below.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).