skirr

[ skur ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to go rapidly; fly; scurry.

verb (used with object)
  1. to go rapidly over.

noun
  1. a grating or whirring sound.

Origin of skirr

1
First recorded in 1540–50; variant of scour2

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British Dictionary definitions for skirr

skirr

/ (skɜː) /


verb
  1. (intr; usually foll by off, away, etc) to move, run, or fly rapidly

  2. (tr) archaic, or literary to move rapidly over (an area, etc), esp in order to find or apprehend

noun
  1. a whirring or grating sound, as of the wings of birds in flight

Origin of skirr

1
C16: variant of scour ²

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