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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: skeet invented word, intended as an "old" form of shoot; perhaps influenced by Old Norse skjota 'to shoot'

skeet shooting

 noun
     
Related topics: Other Sports
skeet shoot‧ing [uncountable] American English
DSO the sport of shooting at clay objects that have been thrown into the air [= clay pigeon shooting British English]
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