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skirt

[skurt]

noun

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

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

  3. 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.

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

  5. Building Trades.

    1. baseboard.

    2. apron.

  6. Also called apron.Furniture.

    1. a flat horizontal brace set immediately beneath the seat of a chair, chest of drawers, or the like, to strengthen the legs.

    2. Also called bed, frieze.a flat brace or support immediately beneath a tabletop.

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

  8. Older Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.a term used to refer to a woman or girl.

    to chase some skirt;

    a skirt chaser.

  9. 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)

  1. to lie on or along the border of.

    The hills skirt the town.

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

  3. to pass along or around the border or edge of.

    Traffic skirts the town.

  4. to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something that is controversial, risky, etc.).

    The senator skirted the issue.

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

verb (used without object)

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

  2. to move along or around the border of something.

skirt

/ ɜː /

noun

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

  2. the part of a dress below the waist

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

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

  5. a cut of beef from the flank

  6. (often plural) a margin or outlying area

  7. the lower part of a sheep's fleece

  8. slanga girl or woman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to form the edge of

  2. (tr) to provide with a border

  3. to pass (by) or be situated (near) the outer edge of (an area, etc)

  4. (tr) to avoid (a difficulty, etc)

    he skirted the issue

  5. to remove the trimmings or inferior wool from (a fleece)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • skirtless adjective
  • skirtlike adjective
  • unskirted adjective
  • ˈ쾱ٱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skirt1

1250–1300; Middle English skirte < Old Norse skyrta shirt
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skirt1

C13: from Old Norse skyrta shirt
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Example Sentences

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The speeches at the Tony Awards, for the most part, skirted politics.

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She yells, stomps her feet and raises her hoop skirt and petticoat to scandalous heights.

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The tutu — it’s a tulle skirt, actually – was Field’s way of presenting an alternative to sweatpants.

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"I thought it could be hidden somewhere else, maybe stuffed down her skirt. I thought it could potentially be in her bra."

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Tiger's home is near the city of Mokhotlong, a five-hour drive from the capital, Maseru, on the road that skirts the nation's mountains.

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