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▪ I. ˈskeeter, n.1
Colloq. form (chiefly U.S. and Austr.) of mosquito.
1839Spirit of Times 21 Dec. 495/2, I was fas asleep, and dreaming dat a big skeeter was a biten me. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xx, Miss Feely whip!—wouldn't kill a skeeter, her whippins. 1882Lees & Clutterbuck Three in Norway xvii. 131 In this happy spot the ‘skeeter’ is unknown. 1893J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 14 Making up the fire, and throwing some green bushes on it to drive the skeeters away.
▪ II. skeeter, n.2|ˈskiːtə(r)|
[f. skeet n.2 + -er1.]
One who participates in the sport of skeet, a skeet shooter.
1926National Sportsman (U.S.) May 18/1 From this station Skeeter faces each trap in turn and shoots at the target coming directly over his head. 1968Daily Mail 23 Oct. 16/8 The skeeter loses a point if he fails to destroy the pigeon as it passes invisibly over his head.
▪ III. skeeter, v.|ˈskiːtə(r)|
Var. skitter v.2 1.
1964J. Hillaby Journey to Jade Sea 101 Three geese promptly took off, skeetering up into a gust of wind. 1971C. McCullers in Redbook Oct. 196/1 She had one of those grotesque little imaginings... She saw herself and Marshall... Skeetering angrily up and down the cold blank glass like minute monkeys. 1972Observer (Colour Suppl.) 23 Apr. 35/4 Fiennes and Stanley Cribbett skeeter through the savage waters of the Bridge River rapids. |