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skirr

American  
[skur] / skɜr /

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.

skirr British  
/ skɜː /

verb

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

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

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noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of skirr

First recorded in 1540–50; variant of scour 2

Example Sentences

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And terrors that Tartarus bred Assail each kingdom treblefold: A gangrel clan that someone flayed, Skirr thro' the dungeoned halls in flight And seek the caverns of the dead.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by de Esque, Jean

Then wizardry, strange, unsummed, Reveals each varlet, Figgum's might: A hemless rabble from the South That some wild Trojan flayed and curs'd, Skirr thro' the Cauldron's broken lane And wing for implex strands and light.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by de Esque, Jean

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