skirt

[ skurt ]

/ skɜrt /

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noun

the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.

a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn especially by women and girls.

some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell or a protective and ornamental cloth strip covering the legs of furniture.

a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs.

Building Trades.

Also called apron .Furniture.

a flat horizontal brace set immediately beneath the seat of a chair, chest of drawers, or the like, to strengthen the legs.
Also called bed, frieze. . a flat brace or support immediately beneath a tabletop.

Usually skirts . the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; the outskirts.

Older Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a woman or girl: to chase some skirt;a skirt chaser.

Rocketry. an outer part of a rocket or missile that provides structural support or houses such systems as avionics or gyroscopes.

verb (used with object)

to lie on or along the border of: The hills skirt the town.

to border, wrap, or cover with a skirt or something suggesting a skirt in appearance or function.

to pass along or around the border or edge of: Traffic skirts the town.

to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something that is controversial, risky, etc.): The senator skirted the issue.

to remove low-grade wool and foreign matter from (the outer edge of fleece).

verb (used without object)

to be or lie on or along the edge of something.

to move along or around the border of something.

SYNONYMS FOR skirt

13 evade, shun, circle, bypass.

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Origin of skirt

1250–1300; Middle English skirte<Old Norse skyrtashirt

OTHER WORDS FROM skirt

skirtless, adjectiveskirtlike, adjectiveun·skirt·ed, adjective

Words nearby skirt

skirmish, Skirnir, Skíros, skirr, skirret, skirt, skirt chaser, skirter, skirting, skirting board, skirtings

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In the process, their motions twist the gas around them like swirling skirts.
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Traitz then claimed Cosby convinced her to get back in the car, took her to a shop to buy a new skirt, and that was that.
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The coat, with fitted bodice, nipped-in waist, and full skirt, created a familiar silhouette for Kate.
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Her old sister, Marianne, had showed up to her polling place wearing a black skirt, black top, and black heels.
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On stage, Amber spoofed Sarah Palin in a topknot and librarian glasses, yanking a toy gun and stuffed moose from her skirt.
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These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.
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She was dressed in her brightest skirt and fairly shone with the abundance of cheap jewelry she wore.
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He thrust one hand into his gold-coloured skirt, and produced a glass bottle full of some very cheap perfume from Europe.
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She wore a dust-colored habit with divided skirt, and a soft felt hat and gloves of the same shade.
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She seized her skirt drying before the fire and wrapped it around her bare shoulders as she ran through the outer door.
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British Dictionary definitions for skirt

skirt

/ (skɜːt) /

noun

a garment hanging from the waist, worn chiefly by women and girls

the part of a dress below the waist

Also called: apron a frieze or circular flap, as round the base of a hovercraft

the flaps on a saddle that protect a rider's legs

British a cut of beef from the flank

(often plural) a margin or outlying area

NZ the lower part of a sheep's fleece

bit of skirt slang a girl or woman

verb

(tr) to form the edge of

(tr) to provide with a border

(when intr, foll by around, along, etc) to pass (by) or be situated (near) the outer edge of (an area, etc)

(tr) to avoid (a difficulty, etc)he skirted the issue

mainly Australian and NZ to remove the trimmings or inferior wool from (a fleece)

Derived forms of skirt

skirted, adjective

Word Origin for skirt

C13: from Old Norse skyrta shirt

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