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Sleets vs Skeets - What's the difference?

sleets | skeets |

As verbs the difference between sleets and skeets

is that sleets is third-person singular of sleet while skeets is third-person singular of skeet.

sleets

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sleet)

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    sleet

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, UK, Ireland) A mixture of rain and snow.
  • Rain which freezes before reaching the ground.
  • (firearms) Part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

    • Synonyms

    * ice pellets * slush

    See also

    * snow * freezing rain * graupel

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
    • I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting .

    Usage notes

    References

    * AMS Glossary of Meteorology

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    skeets

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (skeet)

    • 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

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