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
With Easter a week away, the skit was the second episode ahead of the holiday that the cast opted to mock Trump using religious jokes.
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2025
With the world on lockdown, Joseph began sharing skits related to her research on social media, many of which went viral.
—Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Nursery Nurse releases skit after skit of drama in a British daycare center, while Shawna Lander draws her 2 million followers in with tense showdowns between a wife and her nightmare, overbearing mother-in-law.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
The skit seemed to be the cherry on top of a wild week for Belichick and Hudson that started with the CBS interview.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
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Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2025
With the world on lockdown, Joseph began sharing skits related to her research on social media, many of which went viral.
—Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Nursery Nurse releases skit after skit of drama in a British daycare center, while Shawna Lander draws her 2 million followers in with tense showdowns between a wife and her nightmare, overbearing mother-in-law.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
The skit seemed to be the cherry on top of a wild week for Belichick and Hudson that started with the CBS interview.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skit
Noun
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Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Murphy, who played new kid Tai in the iconic 1995 teen comedy, died in 2009 at the age of 32.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took the stage twice during the NBC sketch comedy series, performing a pair of tracks from his history-making album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
18 May 2025
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Ferrell's Ricky Bobby also serves as a pitch-perfect parody of the ego-driven, preening male protagonists of many a racing film.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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Saturday Night Live's best car sketches, parodies and fake ads Who is in the Season 50 'SNL' cast?—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Pier Paolo Righi, chief executive officer at Karl Lagerfeld, considers the sketch a true collector’s piece from the brand’s archive, and a great example of the late German designer’s sense of humor.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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By turning rough sketches into photorealistic images with accurate materials and trims, teams can visualize products earlier in the process and reduce sampling time and cost by up to 60%.—
Angela Chan-Danisi,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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“Skit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skit. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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