Skeetchin'
October 12, 2007
skeetchin' /SKEE chin/ n. Dangerous, illegal -- and popular -- wintertime street sport in which participants, usually adolescent males, grab the rear bumper of passing car and ride in a squatting position down icy, snow-packed or slushy side streets. The goal: to stay on without breaking a limb, causing an accident or getting beat up by the driver. v. skeetch. -ed, -in'. To engage in skeetchin.' Ex.: "We skeetched that jamoke for six blocks before he even noticed." Also called skitchin' (North Side variant) or mooshin' (Archaic).
