SKIRR


Meaning of SKIRR in English

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

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