skeet (sk t)n. A form of trapshooting in which clay targets are thrown from traps to simulate birds in flight and are shot at from different stations. [Alteration of shoot.] |
skeet [skiːt]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Shooting) a form of clay-pigeon shooting in which targets are hurled from two traps at varying speeds and angles Also called skeet shooting
[changed from Old Norse skeyti a thrown object, from skjōta to shoot]
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| Noun | 1. |  skeet - the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a birdshoot - the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer" |
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