skat

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/skæt/

noun

Alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.

OriginGerman Skat →
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Meanings

skat1

nounskat (plural skats)

plural skats

  1. UKdialectalAlternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.

skat2

nounskat (countable and uncountable, plural skats)

plural skats

  1. uncountableA trick-taking card game for three players, popular in Germany.

    “Who shall we play skat with when you have gone?” asked Mrs Britling.

    1916, HG Wells, Mr Britling Sees it Through, London: Hogarth Press, published 1985, page 165
  2. countableA widow of two cards in the game of skat.

Skat3

proper noun
  1. astronomyThe star Delta Aquarii in the constellation of Aquarius.

Origin

  1. GermanSkat
  2. Englishskat

Borrowed from German Skat.

More words from German

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian скат
  • скат (skat)trick-taking card game
Esperanto skato
  • skatotrick-taking card game
Finnish skat
  • skattrick-taking card game
German Skat, Skatspiel
  • Skattrick-taking card game
  • Skatspieltrick-taking card game
  • Skatwidow of two cards in the game of skat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with skat

thatatchatsatflathatmattvatcombatacrobatlatstatnatdatscatMontserratmattewatkatphatprattplattatthermostat
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Sounds the same

scatscat

Anagrams

taskkast
Cite this entry
APA

skat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skat

MLA

“skat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skat.

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