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   skirt

   /skəːt/

   noun

   • 1. a garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs, worn by women and girls.
   • ▪ the part of a coat or dress that hangs below the waist.
   • ▪ an edge, border, or extreme part. archaic
   • 2. a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft.
   • ▪ the curtain that hangs round the base of a hovercraft to contain the air cushion.
   • 3. an animal's diaphragm and other membranes as food: "bits of beef skirt"
   • ▪ a cut of meat from the lower flank. British
   • 4. women regarded as objects of sexual desire. informal
   • 5. a small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs.

   verb

   • 1. go round or past the edge of: "he did not go through the city but skirted it" Similar go roundmove roundwalk roundcirclecircumnavigate
   • ▪ be situated along or around the edge of: "the fields that skirted the highway were full of cattle" Similar borderedgeflankfringelinelie alongside
   • ▪ go along or around (something) rather than directly through or across it: "the river valley skirts along the northern slopes of the hills"
   • 2. attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with: "they are both skirting the issue" Similar avoidevadesteer clear ofsidestepdodgecircumventbypasspass overfight shy ofignoreoverlookgloss overfail to mentioninformal:duckduck-shove

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old Englishscyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th century.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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