skit
noun
[ skɪt ]
• a short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody.
• "a skit on daytime magazine programmes"
Similar:
comedy sketch,
act,
piece,
turn,
item,
routine,
number,
parody,
take-off,
pastiche,
burlesque,
satire,
travesty,
squib,
spoof,
send-up,
pasquinade,
piss-take,
Origin:
early 18th century (in the sense ‘satirical comment or attack’): related to the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’, perhaps from Old Norse (compare with skjóta ‘shoot’).
