A clay shooting sport where clay targets are launched from two stations to simulate the flight patterns of birds.
From Norwegian skyte meaning 'to shoot,' introduced to English in the 1920s when the sport was developed. The word was chosen through a magazine contest, beating out other proposed names for this new shooting discipline.
Skeet shooting was invented in 1915 by two hunters who wanted to practice their bird hunting skills year-round, but they originally called it 'shooting around the clock' because targets were launched from a full circle of stations. The sport became so popular that it was added to the Olympics in 1968.
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