as in comedy
a short, funny story or performance
One of the funniest skits in the show was about cheerleading.
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Recent Examples of skit
The criminal cases have been dismissed against four San Diego State University fraternity members who were charged with intentionally setting one of the defendants on fire during a skit performed at their fraternity house.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
In the skit, a camera catches fans at a game dancing and cuts to the two who dump their popcorns, do the robot and then turn back-to-back and pose.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
In the months since the skit appeared, real-world businesses have latched on to the concept.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
True to the sentiment of the original family-friendly, comedy show — based on an 8-year-old orphan boy who lives in a neighborhood courtyard in Mexico — the over-three-minute-long skit was more of a tribute than a mockery.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2025
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
In the skit, a camera catches fans at a game dancing and cuts to the two who dump their popcorns, do the robot and then turn back-to-back and pose.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
In the months since the skit appeared, real-world businesses have latched on to the concept.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
True to the sentiment of the original family-friendly, comedy show — based on an 8-year-old orphan boy who lives in a neighborhood courtyard in Mexico — the over-three-minute-long skit was more of a tribute than a mockery.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skit
Noun
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Laugh Factory Chicago is crowdsourcing to assist night manager Nathan Griffin with legal funds after he was arrested Friday morning outside the comedy club.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
26 Oct. 2025
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Since the pioneering French electronic duo announced their split in 2021, Bangalter has scored several projects, including a French ballet and a comedy film inspired by Salvador Dalí.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Regretting You is a similarly ridiculous and overwrought slice of melodrama, leavened with strange moments of comedy that leave you wondering if the whole thing isn’t some kind of bizarre art project, an elaborate, camp parody of the very notion of romantic literature itself.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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This semester's show is a musical parody of Love Island called Love on an Island.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Mason is also a talented artist, frequently sharing his sketches and portraits on Instagram.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The book also features 250 color illustrations of sketches, paintings, handwritten budgets and WhatsApp screenshots that trace Dillane’s evolution from selling T-shirts out of his dorm room at New York University to a stint creating a menswear collection for Louis Vuitton.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Skit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skit. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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