sketch

The word “sketch” means to make a quick, rough drawing without full detail. In plain terms, a rough drawing or outline, a short comic scene, or (informally) something that feels dodgy.

“Sketch” is pronounced SKEHCH (/ˈskɛt͡ʃ/ in IPA).

Here is “sketch” used in a sentence: “She sketched the skyline from the rooftop café.”

Depending on how it is used, “sketch” can be a verb, a noun and an adjective.

The word “sketch” comes from Dutch. From Dutch "schets," tracing back through Italian "schizzo" to Greek "skhedios," meaning "done off-hand" or "made suddenly.".

“Sketch” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.

“Sketch” has 4 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to make a quick, rough drawing without full detail.

A sketch is a quick, rough drawing made without full detail, often as preparation for later work. A drawing can be anything from a rough outline to a fully finished, detailed piece — so every sketch is a drawing, but not every drawing is a sketch.

Both are short comic scenes performed as part of a show. Sketch is the standard term in professional comedy — as in sketch shows — while skit tends to describe shorter, more informal or amateur performances, such as those at a school event.

Sketchy is the usual informal adjective meaning suspicious, shady, or unsafe-feeling: "a sketchy neighbourhood". Sketch is a clipped slang variant with the same meaning — "that alley looks sketch" — heard mainly in casual American speech.