# skeet

> English word · Noun · IPA /skiːt/ · frequency rank #41,886

## Definitions
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. The ejaculation of semen.
4. A young working-class person who may be loud, disruptive and poorly educated.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **Skye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-skye)
- **skit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-skit)
- **skew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-skew)
- **sleep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-sleep)
- **spent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-spent)
- **speed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-speed)
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-sweet)
- **steel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-steel)
- **slept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-slept)
- **sweat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-sweat)
- **steep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-steep)
- **sweep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-sweep)
- **skirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-skirt)
- **swept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-swept)
- **skies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-skies)
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-steer)
- **sleek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-sleek)
- **skier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-skier)
- **spelt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-spelt)
- **smelt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-smelt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`kseet`, `seket`, `skeett`, `sket`, `skete`, `skkeet`, `sskeet`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/skeet