Skeeter (noun)

A mosquito.

Origin:

Slang for mosquito, likely from the sound of the mosquito's buzz.

Examples:

1. I can't stand the skeeters out here.
2. I got bit by a skeeter last night.
3. I have to put on some bug spray or I'll get eaten alive by skeeters.
4. I can hear the skeeter buzzing around my ear.
5. I'm going to get a skeeter zapper to put on my porch.