skite


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
skite /skʌɪt/ informal
verb
  • 1 Austral./NZ boast.
  • 2 move or glance off a surface quickly and forcefully.
noun
  • 1 Austral./NZ a boaster.

    ■ boasting or boastfulness.

  • 2 Scottish a drinking bout.
– origin C18 (in sense 2 of the verb): perh. of ON origin; cf. skit and blatherskite.
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