Definition of "skeeter" [skeeter]

• Chiefly Southern U.S. See mosquito. See Regional Note at possum. (noun)

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• "Above the skeeter was a sparkling; the skeeter lurched."
• "Personnel from MacDill Air Force Base picked up the drone, which is known as a skeeter and is used for military target practice."
• "When the 'skeeter's ceased from troublin' and the fly is chilled to death,"