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skirt

UK/skɜːt/ US/skɚt/ common slang uk
noun (3) verb (4)

noun

1.

cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

2.

a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

3.

verb

1.

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

  • “He dodged the issue”
  • “she skirted the problem”
  • “They tend to evade their responsibilities”
  • “he evaded the questions skillfully”
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2.

pass around or about; move along the border

  • “The boat skirted the coast”
3.

form the edge of

4.

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

  • “The forest surrounds my property”
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Origin

From Middle English scyrt, skirt, skyrte, skyrthe, skyrtte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“apron; skirt”), from *skurtaz (“short; deficient”), from *skertaną (“to cut off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off; to divide”).

Phrases

  • apron skirt
  • bit of skirt
  • blow one's skirt up
  • blow someone's skirt up
  • blow sunshine up someone's skirt
  • blow wind up someone's skirt
  • chase skirt
  • circle skirt
  • skirt around

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