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skat

/skæt/

skat noun: alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.

Noun (1)

skat (plural skats)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.

Noun (2)

skat (countable and uncountable, plural skats)

  1. (uncountable) A 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. (countable) A widow of two cards in the game of skat.

Proper noun capitalized: Skat

Skat

  1. The star Delta Aquarii in the constellation of Aquarius.

skat meaning in Tamil

skat in Tamil

செர்மனியில் மூவராடும் சீட்டாட்ட வகை

Forms of skat

pluralskats

Origin of skat

Borrowed from German Skat.

Words that rhyme with skat

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about skat

What does skat mean?
Skat means alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
What is skat in Tamil?
Skat in Tamil is செர்மனியில் மூவராடும் சீட்டாட்ட வகை. See Skat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is skat?
Skat can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce skat?
Skat is pronounced /skæt/.
What is the plural of skat?
The plural of skat is skats.

Words near skat in the dictionary

  1. Skarzynski
  2. Skarzynskis
  3. Skarù·ręʔ
  4. Skarżysko-Kamienna
  5. SKAs
  6. skat
  7. skatable
  8. skate
  9. skate around
  10. skate by
  11. skate key

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skat (page history and authors); Skat (page history and authors); skat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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