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skeet (n.)

form of trapshooting, 1926, a name chosen as "a very old form of our present word 'shoot.' " Perhaps Old Norse skotja "to shoot" (see shoot (v.)) was intended.

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Definitions of skeet from WordNet

skeet (n.)
the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird;
Synonyms: skeet shooting / trapshooting
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