Skeet
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Skeet may refer to:
- Clay pigeon shootingClay pigeon shootingClay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, and formally known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, is the art of shooting at special flying targets, known as clay pigeons or clay targets, with a shotgun or any type of firearm....
, a target sport- Skeet shootingSkeet shootingSkeet shooting is one of the three major types of competitive shotgun target shooting sports . There are several types of skeet, including one with Olympic status , and many with only national recognition.- General principles :Skeet is a recreational and competitive activity where...
, a discipline of the sport- Olympic skeetOlympic SkeetSkeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
, a variant of the discipline - Skeet Shoot, a skeet shooting video game for the Atari 2600 produced by Apollo
- Olympic skeet
- Skeet shooting
- A type of non-standard poker handNon-standard poker handNon-standard poker hands are hands which are not recognized by official poker rules but are created by house rules. Non-standard hands usually appear in games using wild cards or bugs. Other terms for nonstandard hands are special hands or freak hands. Because the hands are defined by house rules,...
- A cluster bomb submunition of the BLU-108BLU-108The BLU-108 is an air-delivered submunition, containing four further smart "Skeet" submunitions. The system is manufactured by Textron Defense Systems.- BLU-108/B specifications :* Length: 78.8 cm * Diameter: 13.3 cm...
- A slang term, particularly in the hip hop culture, for semenSemenSemen is an organic fluid, also known as seminal fluid, that may contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize female ova...
or the act of ejaculationEjaculationEjaculation is the ejecting of semen from the male reproductory tract, and is usually accompanied by orgasm. It is usually the final stage and natural objective of male sexual stimulation, and an essential component of natural conception. In rare cases ejaculation occurs because of prostatic disease... - Skeet RiverSkeet RiverThe Skeet River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows northeast from the Arthur Range, reaching the Baton River 15 kilometres northwest of Tapawera.-References:...
, a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. - A derogatory slang term used in reference to lower class individuals from the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Used in the same context as chavChavA chav is a term that is used in the United Kingdom to describe a stereotype of teenagers and young adults from an underclass background.-Etymology:...
in the United Kingdom and redneckRedneckRedneck is a historically derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the southern United States...
in the United States.
People
- Skeet ReeseSkeet ReeseSkeet Reese is a professional sport fisherman of the B.A.S.S. . He was born in Auburn, California on June 30, 1969. He has a wife, Kim, and a two daughters, Leamarie and Courtney....
(born 1969), professional sport fisherman - Skeet UlrichSkeet UlrichBryan Ray Trout , best known as Skeet Ulrich, is an American actor best known for starring in the CBS drama Jericho as Jake Green and for portraying Billy Loomis in Scream...
(born 1970), American actor - Trevor SkeetTrevor SkeetSir Trevor Herbert Harry Skeet was a New Zealand lawyer and a British Conservative politician.Skeet was born in New Zealand and was educated at King's College, Auckland and New Zealand University. He served with the New Zealand Army and Navy during World War II...
(1918–2004), New Zealand lawyer and a British Conservative politician - Skeet Childress (born 1979), American guitar player from the band Look What I DidLook What I DidLook What I Did is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The music combines elements of jazz/fusion, hardcore, metal, and progressive pop punk...