/ skɪt; NAmE / noun
skit (on sth) a short piece of humorous writing or a performance that makes fun of sb/sth by copying them :
a skit on daytime TV programmes
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent. (in the sense satirical comment or attack ): related to the rare verb skit move lightly and rapidly , perhaps from Old Norse (compare with skjóta shoot).