n.
Pronunciation: ' sk ə r, ' skir
Function: verb
Etymology: perhaps alteration of 3 scour
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