transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈskər, ˈskir ]
verb
Etymology: perhaps alteration of scour (III)
Date: circa 1548
intransitive verb
1. : to leave hastily : flee
birds skirr ed off from the bushes — D. H. Lawrence
2. : to run, fly, sail, or move along rapidly
transitive verb
1. : to search about in
skirr the country round — Shakespeare
2. : to pass rapidly over : skim