[skirr] vb [perh. alter. of [3]scour] vi (ca. 1548) 1: to leave hastily: flee "birds ~ed off from the bushes --D. H. Lawrence"
2: to run, fly, sail, or move along rapidly ~ vt 1: to search about in "~ the country round --Shak."
2. a: to pass rapidly over: skim b dial: to cause to skim
[2]skirr n [prob. imit.] (ca. 1870): whir, roar