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skirt
[ skurt ]
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.
- 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.
skirt
/ skɜːt /
noun
- a garment hanging from the waist, worn chiefly by women and girls
- the part of a dress below the waist
- Also calledapron a frieze or circular flap, as round the base of a hovercraft
- the flaps on a saddle that protect a rider's legs
- a cut of beef from the flank
- often plural a margin or outlying area
- 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
- whenintr, 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
- to remove the trimmings or inferior wool from (a fleece)
Derived Forms
- ˈskirted, adjective
Other Words From
- skirtless adjective
- skirtlike adjective
- un·skirted adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of skirt1
Example Sentences
Elliott’s agency has stepped up surprise inspections and penalties against cannabis companies skirting testing requirements or dealing in unlicensed weed.
Researchers say the stolen funds are used by the hermit state to skirt international sanctions and develop its military powers.
Amid President Trump’s attack on DEI, California schools and colleges aim to keep diversity efforts intact while skirting clashes with the administration.
He also worries Russians are skirting laws meant to protect local employment, such as those banning non-Thai citizens from being tour guides or majority owners in private businesses.
Bendix arrived, dressed in a black sequined skirt, jacket, scarf and earrings her children had presented to her after the fire.
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