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skit

noun

Definition of skit

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 Comedian, actor, and writer Nash draws in millions of views across social platforms with sharp humor and relatable characters in viral sketch comedy skits. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Focus Features Director Curry Barker is one of those internet stars, a YouTube content creator who gained a huge following making horror shorts and comedy skits. — Luke Burbank, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 Two of the skits were based on The View and depicted the Republican cohost as ditzy — during an interview with Jenny McCarthy (Emma Stone), Bryant’s McCain was more concerned with chatting about The Masked Singer than vaccines. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 Producers also told Nischelle Turner, the co-host for Entertainment Tonight, that Swift’s skit was kept tightly under wraps and that only 10 people knew about it. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skit

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Okay, so Holmes and Evans are definitively not classic-comedy fans.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
Japanese creator Issei, whose dialogue-free comedy has drawn audiences worldwide, has upward of 75 million YouTube subscribers.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of comedy

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There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
The punch-worthy parody of Altman’s characterization ramps up once he’s motivated to push back against — or trample over — the safety guardrails that Ilya prizes above all else, but so does the depth of his world-breaking cynicism.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parody

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The team’s coach, Mike Ditka, who died last week, was immortalized in a series of Saturday Night Live sketches.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Canaletto expert Charles Beddington authenticated the drawing, which was likely a preparatory sketch for a painting last sold in 1995 for $354,000 (about $766,000 in today’s dollars).

— News Desk, Artforum, 15 Oct. 2026

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