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| skirt [ skurt ] |
noun (plural skirts) |
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1. garment that hangs from waist: a piece of clothing that hangs from the waist and does not divide into two separate legs, usually worn by women and girls
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2. area of garment falling from waistline: the section from the waist to the hem on a dress, coat, or robe
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3. something similar to skirt: an attachment shaped like a skirt, or covering the lower part of something like a skirt
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4. offensive term: an offensive term for a girl or woman, or women in general
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slang
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5. U.K. food cut of beef: a stewing cut of beef taken from the flank, below the sirloin and rump, and cut from the inside of flank steak
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6. engineering flap around bottom of hovercraft: the lower outer section of a rocket or the flap around the bottom of a hovercraft
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7. riding flap on saddle: one of a pair of leather flaps that hang from a saddle
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verb (past and past participle skirt·ed, present participle skirt·ing, 3rd person present singular skirts) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb be around outside of something: to form a border along the edge of an area or object
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2. transitive and intransitive verb move around outside of something: to travel along the edge of something such as an area, structure, or geographic feature
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3. transitive verb not deal with something: to avoid dealing with a subject in any depth, usually because it is tricky or unpleasant
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4. transitive verb give edge to something: to provide something with an attachment shaped like a skirt or border
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| [13th century. < Old Norse skyrta "shirt" < Germanic, "cut"] |
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  skirt·er noun |
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