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   skit

   /skɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody: "a skit on daytime magazine programmes"
   • ▪ a short informal performance intended to educate or inform: "students will create skits about bullying and go to each elementary school to perform them"

   Word Origin early 18th century (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’).

   Scrabble Points: 8

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