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skeet | communism |

As nouns the difference between skeet and communism

is that skeet is (uncountable) a form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight or skeet can be (manx) news or gossip while communism is the ideology of political parties that use the term communist in their names, usually marxist and leninist.

As a verb skeet

is to shoot or spray (used of fluids) or skeet can be (manx) to look through the front windows of somebody else's house.

skeet

English

Etymology 1

Pseudoarchaic alteration of (shoot), perhaps with reference to Old Norse ."skeet." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 01 Jun. 2013. .

Noun

  • (uncountable) A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
  • (countable, poker) A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.
  • (uncountable, slang, African American Vernacular English) The ejaculation of sperm.
  • (nautical) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
  • (countable, Newfoundland, slang) A loud, disruptive and poorly educated person.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shoot or spray (used of fluids).
  • (African American Vernacular English) To ejaculate.
    • Synonyms
    * squirt
    Quotations
    * 2004, Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0618526412&id=z_Pvxz9iRJ0C&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&sig=xDf759LIfxpSur7qIAQk1rPrgy4] *: ‘Aoow! You skeeted the water right in my ear. It’s busted my eardrum. I can’t even hear.’ *: ‘Gimme here. Let me skeet some.’ * 2004, Camika C Spencer, He Had It Coming [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0312323344&id=2YZFOCk3gFYC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&sig=G0hVYCNEWHkjlJ-PhFJFQQu2UkE] *: When her left hook connected with his nose, blood skeeted out and stained her top.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Manx) news or gossip

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Manx) to look through the front windows of somebody else's house

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

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    communism

    English

    (wikipedia communism)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any political philosophy or ideology advocating holding the production of resources collectively.
  • Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
  • The international socialist society where classes and the state no longer exist.

    • Usage notes

    * See also the definitions of Communism .

    Related terms

    * Communism * communal * commune * communist * commie

    See also

    * leftism * Leninism * liberalism * Maoism * Marxism * socialism * Stalinism * Trotskyism English words suffixed with -ism