Sekirov Dictionary

skirt

UK /skɜːt/US /skɚt/

noun 9
verb 4
forms 5
phrases 2

noun9

a piece of clothing that women and girls wear, hanging loose over the lower body and not split into legs
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A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
- The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these. — 1885
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A loose edging to any part of a dress.
- A narrow lace, or a small skirt of fine ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece. — 1713
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A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
- here in the skirts of the forest, like fringe upon a petticoat. — 1598
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(slang, offensive) A woman.
- But I tell ya, I can't help but like a guy who wants to rescue some skirt he fell for. — 2004
(UK, informal) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
(UK, informal) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
A petticoat.
A diaphragm, or midriff.

verb4

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To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
- As we skirted the shores of the Dornoch Firth, between Tain and Bonar Bridge, the views across the water to the Sutherland mountains were particularly fine in the early morning sunshine. — 1950
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(figurative) To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
- He skirted the issue of which parties to attend by staying at home instead.
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To be on or form the border of.
- The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.

forms

skirted · skirting · skirteth · skirts · skirtest

Phrases with skirt

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