Definitions
the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
Word origin
Unknown. Compare Icelandic skeið (“spoon”), from Old Norse skeið (“a sheath”). Attested from the 15th century; see quotation below.
Used in a sentence
“THE ARTICLE on the sport of Skeet that appeared in the June issue of WILD LIFE described the layout of the Skeet field, installation of the traps, and the rules and regulations for Skeet shooting.”
“Skeet started informally in 1920 as off-season practice for bird hunting, so it needed few rules. It became more formally organized in 1926 when the National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) was formed.”
“‘Aoow! You skeeted the water right in my ear. It’s busted my eardrum. I can’t even hear.’ ‘Gimme here. Let me skeet some.’”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Clay-target shooting”5 letters
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