American English pronunciation
How to pronounce skirt
IPA transcription: [s'kɚt]
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Noun
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cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
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a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
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informal terms for a (young) woman
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(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
Verb
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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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extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
“The forest surrounds my property”
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pass around or about; move along the border
“The boat skirted the coast”
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form the edge of
Usage examples
- Lacking a skirt, the pads had to remain very close to the running surface.
- Who is the blonde girl with the red skirt?
- It passes through the centre of the town and continues to the western outskirts.
- The outskirts of Coolock host several factories and industrial estates.
- Who is the blonde girl with the red skirt?
- There, they were placed inside a warehouse located on the outskirts of town.
- Especially in bulls, this may form a long "skirt" that can reach the ground.
- Fashionable adolescent girls wore poodle skirts and rolled down their socks to the ankle.
- The mouse lived in a small hole in the skirting board
- An additional north-south road ran along the outskirts of the fort.