Definition of: skat

(skät) noun
1. A three–handed game played with 32 cards. Any of several varieties of the game can be chosen by the highest bidder who, alone, must oppose the other players.
2. In the game of skat, two cards dealt face down and taken into his hand by the successful bidder or otherwise treated according to rule. [<G, orig. skart <Ital. scartare discard]