skiet, verb
/skit/
- Forms:
- Also scheit, skit.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, to shoot (from Dutch schieten).
‖1. intransitive and transitive. To shoot (someone or something).
1885 H. Rider Haggard King Solomon’s Mines 91‘Skit, Baas, skit!’..whispered the Hottentot, throwing himself on his face.
1985 Frontline Aug. 54When the terr is standing there with his AK pointing at you you can’t say ‘hey, now hold it hey’...You’ve got to skiet him or he skiets you.
3. transitive and intransitive. Slang. [Probably from Afrikaans idiomatic usage, spek skiet (literally ‘shoot bacon’), to tell lies, or kaart skiet ‘to shoot a line’, to deceive.] To fantasize, to imagine (something); to lie.
1970 G.E.Q. Absolom Informant, GermistonIt can be fun to skiet kaarte (talking [sic] nonsense).
1970 J. Stodel Informant, Cape Town, Western CapeGee, she skits she’s the ace. She thinks a lot of herself.
To shoot (someone or something).
see quotation.
To fantasize, to imagine (something); to lie.
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