skirr (third-person singular simple present skirrs, present participle skirring, simple past and past participle skirred)
(intransitive) To leave hastily; to flee, especially with a whirring sound
To make a whirring sound.
(transitive) To search about in, scour
to pass over quickly, skim
Often mistakenly used instead of skirl.
skirr (plural skirrs)
(UK, dialect) A tern.
Source: Wiktionary
Skirr, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scur, Scurry.]
Definition: To ramble over in order to clear; to scour. [Archaic] Shak.
Skirr, v. i.
Definition: To scour; to scud; to run. [Archaic]
Skirr, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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