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How to pronounce skeets

Say it like SKEETS. Skeets is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/skits/SKEETS
UK British/skiːts/SKEETS
  • SKEETS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Skeets pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. SKEETSSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "ee" in see.

American vs British pronunciation of skeets

American and British speakers say skeets in essentially the same way: /skits/ in the US and /skiːts/ in the UK.

British respelling: SKEETS.

What does skeets mean?

verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skeet How to pronounce skeet

Words that rhyme with skeets

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Questions about saying skeets

How do you pronounce skeets?

Say SKEETS. The American pronunciation is /skits/. In British English it is /skiːts/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in skeets?

Skeets is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: SKEETS.

Do Americans and Brits say skeets the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /skits/ and the British form is /skiːts/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

Pronunciation from CMUdict; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).