skeet
[verb]
Synonyms: hurry, barrel, bucket, fleet, fly, hasten, highball, hustle, nip, rush

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

skeet noun¹ & verb. [ski:t] LME.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun. A long-handled scoop or shovel. Later spec. (Nautical), such a scoop used for wetting a ship's planks or rigging. LME.
b. verb trans. Nautical. Throw (water) over rigging etc. with a skeet; wet (rigging) in this way. L19.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

skeet noun². [ski:t] E20.
[App. pseudo-arch. alt. of SHOOT verb.]
A form of sports shooting in which clay targets are thrown at a variety of angles in a semicircular range to simulate birds in flight. Also (usu. attrib.), a clay pigeon.

■ skeeting noun skeet shooting E20.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲